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I am loving that this tweet, featuring a gif of Captain Swan and baby Hope, from the official account has 2.5x more likes than the next highest Onceabc finale tweet.

Captain Swan for the win!

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We know the Rumbelle is True Love. Timeless as A/E have said.

Back in Skin Deep TLK was working but Rumple stopped it, out of fear and the fact that he needed the curse to carry out his plan to find Bae.

The last time TLK was working but Belle out of fear from what Morpheus was suggesting to her, pulled away.

It has also been suggested that Rumple's curse couldn't break because he took on all the darkness of the previous dark one's.

We know Rumbelle are True Love. That's been established time and time again. That even with the difficulties they faced they are still True Love. They are stronger each time they find each other.

But more than that Gideon is the product of True Love and a savior.

Rumple's redemption was slow and he faltered a lot. But during that time we saw great things happen that suggested that Rumple and Belle we beyond True Love.

Rumple pulled Excalibur from the stone and proved he could be a hero. He took back the darkness and kept it safe. And became as Belle said. That he was the one that Merlin prophecized about. Rumple has been the only person able to control the darkness. Both Emma and Hook failed.

We found he was meant to be a savior but that destiny was cut from him. He proved that he could still be one however.

Belle saw all this even when he didn't.. And everytime she left when they reunited they we're only stronger. And each time Rumple becomes a bit stronger internally and starts to believe what Belle sees in him..

Rumple spent the last 50+ years with his true love and as a result he's been even stronger to fight the darkness. And accomplish his goal of ridding the darkness and regaining his mortality to be with Belle.

Belle's love, Gideon's love have given him strength that he never had. For the first time Rumple actually believes that he is worthy of love.

This is why Rumbelle is so much more than TL. Belle said it. The prophecy,. I forgot the exact words but basically when the DO truly embraces that he is loved then he will find the Guardian and be rid of the dagger.

Rumple finally believes he's worthy. And that just makes their love even greater. It's more than True Love. It's more than finding one another , it defies death. It's eternal.

This is also the first time Rumple seems to have bonded and put trust in someone not family. In Alice. She saw the good man with the pure heart. He entrusted her to break this curse and help him.