I wonder what he would be like if they even went back. This! I've thought about this so much - in many ways, I feel like Mr. Gold is who he always wanted to be: this authoritative and powerful male, who still has echoes of his old self's flair and mystery-vibe going. Because when he was just Rumplestiltskin, he was very much marked as the Crippled Coward (and we still haven't seen what he was like before the Ogre Wars, so we don't know how much the continued trash-talking and negativity surrounding what he did has affected him), and as the Dark One he was so corrupted by power as well. So there were always outside-factors, but now, in Storybrooke, he actually has more control: he might not be as powerful, but the magic isn't corrupting him to the same level, and neither is he now living in a society where he is marked as 'lesser' just because he's handicapped or doesn't fit the 'male-role' completely.
I want more manipulative!Regina as well. We've seen a bit of it with Belle - something that clearly smacked of pay-back in some form, and I just cannot wait to see how these two fell out. But I feel like, in the end, the writers are going to turn her (or her up until the curse hit) into Rumple's puppet, simply because of the fact that he 'molded' her in order to cast the curse he had created, the curse he needed (and we still don't know why he needed Regina to cast it, and not himself! Perhaps the cost was too great or something?? Magic always comes with a price...) But I do hope, at some point, we get Gold dancing to Regina's tune. It'd be even more hilarious if it was present-day, and she was actually doing it for a good purpose. I still love him to bits and pieces, but we have been shown extreme darkness from his side this season, and I'm hoping we'll see the writers follow up on that soon.
Ooh, now I hope it will be Arcihe as well. And I don't get the obsession with Ruby/Archie either, but I can understand it as a potential ship: they are two of the characters who have interacted the most in the background of scenes (we've seen Ruby with Pongo, his dog, and there has been other we're they're just standing and talking). But as of this moment, we haven't even seen any proper interaction, so I don't get it either. It'd be cute though! But now I want Archie as gay so SORRY RUBY xD maybe she could be gay as well? The males she falls for tends to die violently, so it might be time to look for something different!
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Date: 2012-12-09 05:04 pm (UTC)This! I've thought about this so much - in many ways, I feel like Mr. Gold is who he always wanted to be: this authoritative and powerful male, who still has echoes of his old self's flair and mystery-vibe going. Because when he was just Rumplestiltskin, he was very much marked as the Crippled Coward (and we still haven't seen what he was like before the Ogre Wars, so we don't know how much the continued trash-talking and negativity surrounding what he did has affected him), and as the Dark One he was so corrupted by power as well. So there were always outside-factors, but now, in Storybrooke, he actually has more control: he might not be as powerful, but the magic isn't corrupting him to the same level, and neither is he now living in a society where he is marked as 'lesser' just because he's handicapped or doesn't fit the 'male-role' completely.
I want more manipulative!Regina as well. We've seen a bit of it with Belle - something that clearly smacked of pay-back in some form, and I just cannot wait to see how these two fell out. But I feel like, in the end, the writers are going to turn her (or her up until the curse hit) into Rumple's puppet, simply because of the fact that he 'molded' her in order to cast the curse he had created, the curse he needed (and we still don't know why he needed Regina to cast it, and not himself! Perhaps the cost was too great or something?? Magic always comes with a price...) But I do hope, at some point, we get Gold dancing to Regina's tune. It'd be even more hilarious if it was present-day, and she was actually doing it for a good purpose. I still love him to bits and pieces, but we have been shown extreme darkness from his side this season, and I'm hoping we'll see the writers follow up on that soon.
Ooh, now I hope it will be Arcihe as well. And I don't get the obsession with Ruby/Archie either, but I can understand it as a potential ship: they are two of the characters who have interacted the most in the background of scenes (we've seen Ruby with Pongo, his dog, and there has been other we're they're just standing and talking). But as of this moment, we haven't even seen any proper interaction, so I don't get it either. It'd be cute though! But now I want Archie as gay so SORRY RUBY xD maybe she could be gay as well? The males she falls for tends to die violently, so it might be time to look for something different!