A question of my own.

[kaellite.livejournal.com]

Does Rumplestilskin know Emma is the saviour (I tend to think so)?  And if he does, did he bring Henry there on purpose to Regina, knowing it would eventually lead to Emma coming to Storeybrook?

I can't help but wonder if he wants the curse to be broken so that he has his magic again.

Comments

[dj-rocca.livejournal.com]

Yes. It has to be because at this point he made references that he fully knows about both worlds. He says as Rumple "this world and the next" to Ella and as Gold to Regina "to which deal are you refering?" and he questioned her about Henry's name, knowing that was her fathers name, just to push her buttons.

That's just how I take it.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

I think he may have had an idea of what would happen in the curse world, either because of his precognitive ability or because he had a large hand in designing the curse. Or both. But I think he may have actually forgotten all of that when the curse actually was enacted. It's hard to say because we never actually see him until Emma comes onto the scene and at that point, things have started changing. My personal theory is that knowing Emma's name gives him the power to know who she is (her name is the same in both worlds, unlike everybody else) and from knowing who SHE is, he can start to place everything else together, even if he doesn't actually remember everything.

Of course, the show will likely give us a different explanation eventually.

[in48frames.livejournal.com]

That doesn't explain Henry though.

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

Yeah.

I mean, it could be that he actually didn't know exactly what he was doing when he did that and that it's just fated that Emma will come on her 28th birthday, so it's fated that the kid Gold brings in from outside is her kid. He knew it would happen before he became Mr. Gold but that doesn't necessarily mean he was consciously following the plan as Mr. Gold.

Still, it does seem like a big coincidence that he is the one who selected Henry, so it does seem likely that he did know what he was doing and that he did remember everything the whole time. I don't know. I think both theories have merit. And we'll find out soon enough which way the show meant it to be.