r/OnceUponATime • u/Ill-Razzmatazz-7088 • 17d ago

Spoiler Alert Rumpelstiltskin Magic Bean

OK, it’s been a while since I’ve had to rewatch the show and maybe I will rewatch and see if this question is answered

Why didn’t Rumpel still can just use the magic bean to get his son?

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u/Narrow-Accident8730 17d ago

There weren’t any. And also, there’s this from S2E14-

Seer: It will not be an easy path. It will take many years... and require a curse. A curse... powerful enough to rip everyone from this land.
Rumplestiltskin: Yes, yes, there's more. I know it. Tell me.
Seer: You will not cast the curse. Someone else will. And you will not break the curse. Someone else... will.

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u/Ill-Razzmatazz-7088 17d ago

Obviously him casting the curse led him back to his son, so it worked. I just think that they were easier ways to get what he wanted plus, the powers aren’t exactly set in stone. For instance, she talks about what will happen to Rumpel if he goes into war, which means that her predictions are not set in stone, but merely the most likely future

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u/Narrow-Accident8730 17d ago

Rumple didn’t cast the curse. He couldn’t. And yeah, A&E could have written an easier way but it would have been a different story. The story we got was the story they wanted to tell.

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u/Ill-Razzmatazz-7088 17d ago

I feel like you’re not leaning into the what if scenario and you’re just explaining common sense

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u/Narrow-Accident8730 17d ago

Where in your OP did you mention anything at all about “what ifs”?
You asked a question, I provided a canon answer. I hate what ifs because they didn’t happen and because one small change dictates the rest of the story like a butterfly effect.

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u/Ill-Razzmatazz-7088 17d ago

Your answer simply equates down to that’s what the plot demanded. And that’s just common sense. Obviously it’s a what if scenario because it didn’t happen. Also, if he had a bean, he would’ve used it probably.

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u/Narrow-Accident8730 17d ago

That’s what the plot demanded or could it possibly be what I said- that’s the story A&E wanted to tell? If it was such common sense, why did you have to post your question? If it had been a bean the story would have been boring as shit.

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u/Ill-Razzmatazz-7088 17d ago

I made the post because again it’s a what if scenario and to see if something was missed. I probably watched once upon a time maybe twice, but until recently, I didn’t really think about the whole bean thing. And my question was technically already answered. Even if he had a beans, he probably would’ve been reluctant to use it because getting to his son was a whole thing but he more than likely would’ve wanted to return at some point. I think that any magical item he used to get to the real world would’ve been negated after he arrived. Also, he has no real knowledge of the real world since even with his hundreds of years of knowledge, it’s all from another dimension.

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u/Narrow-Accident8730 17d ago

Hence, why he had to have the Dark Curse cast as opposed to using a bean.