does anyone ever think about how cora would have only wanted rumple if he became the dark one, and how that's the same case for zelena and the evil queen? that even as the dark one, there was always still that bit of the spinner in rumplestiltskin? and that no one, not a single other character saw that in him, until he met belle?
does anyone ever think about how the big, bad landlord mr. gold could've easily acted and sassed his way into being with lacey, but instead he was reduced to an awkward mess? how he can be ruthless and cold to anyone else, but the moment he's in front of belle, whether herself or cursed, he turns back to the kind spinner he used to be before everything?
does anyone ever think about how despite being abandoned by his mother then his father then his wife, rumplestiltskin found it in himself to be kind even when he was called the village coward? how he lived long enough to see himself turn into a villain, to see others see him as a villain, and somehow belle still saw through all of that?
does anyone ever think about how in any universe, belle would've probably still ended up falling in love with rumple? how even if he never became the dark one, unlike cora and the others, she would have still loved him?
