Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25536775-20170510235618/@comment-25926288-20170511023959

Killian Jones wrote:

DracoWombat wrote:

Killian Jones wrote: We don't know that. Anything could have happened. Carlyle is confirmed in 6x21 and 6x22

That does not confirm that his heart wasn't used to cast the curse. Gold could have half a heart inside him or living on without a heart because who knows. Carlyle could be playing somebody glamoured as Gold, or a vision/dream of Gold, either cos he left a message or he is the Darkness inside a new Dark One's head. Or it could be flashback only. I would argue that Black Fairy's curse doesn't use a heart. When we see her making it, she had no plan on killing anyone, especially not herself or Rumple. I'm certain that Black likely didn't use a heart. More importantly, the PR obviously has Actual Rumple/Mr. Gold in the episode.