Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28260770-20160420195541

I know that in the Enchanted Forrest, Belle did start Kissing Rumple & Rumple was nearly free from his curse, but then pulled away. It s said that true loves kiss will end the curse.

So why is it that this didn t work in Storybrooke? Belle & Rumple kissed several times in Storybrooke, but Rumple never stopped being the dark one. Shouldn t the curse have ended in Storybrooke too? We do know that the power of true loves kiss does work in Storybrooke, because it brought Henry back to life. So why doesn t it end Rumplestiltskin s curse? Am I missing something or is this really bad writing? Clearly, they love each other truly. This has been proven time & time again.

And if you're about to say "It didn't work because power is his true love" then why did it work in the Enchanted Forrest? If you're going by that logic, surely it shouldn't work anywhere. So why didn't it work in Storybrooke? 