Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20140516005552/@comment-6175354-20140710135053

Kncooper wrote: What about Anti-hero? it's not neutral. but it is both hero and villain.

Mostly this for rumple because he is both (in the past and present). Not exactly.... an anti-hero is just a character, who lacks conventional heroic attributes.

Rumplestiltskin was a pure villain in the flashbacks, so this term does not apply. He loved his son and wanted to reunite with him, but he screwed everyone in the Enchanted Forest over to do it. Rumplestiltskin's moral compass is too flawed, for him to be considered an anti-hero. Then again, many consider Alex from A Clockwork Orange to be an anti-hero. Personally, I always saw Alex as a true villain.