Having seen a few seasons of Once Upon a Time before, I already had a little bit of an idea of good old Rumple’s portrayal, so once I read the Grimm brothers version, I was a little bit disappointed. Then, though, I considered the nature of fairy tales, and how they do not form rounded characters, but instead take advantage of stock characters to tell a story. Grimm brothers portrayed him similarly to how I have seen leprechauns be portrayed: little,mischievous, magical (especially in the realm of gold) and singing songs. The show gives him a family and a unique circumstance that the viewer has to spend a little bit of time deciphering and deciding how they feel. I stopped watching the show I think three seasons in, and the show continues to play with the idea that the new version of Rumplestilskin has to decide between good and evil, which I found really interesting (unfortunately the show continued to a dizzying spiral of ridiculous, melodramatic nonsense, and it stopped being cute for me).
I don't think I could really blog about this without mentioning the splitting in two of Rumplestilksin at the end of the story, but I'm going to turn on my English-major-brain, and bring up how divided Mr. Gold and Rumplestilskin are in the show, and perhaps the creators were considering that in their portrayal.
*** side bar: Disney World has a really cool store front of Mr. Gold’s shop tucked away in Hollywood Studios that is a must see if you are down there! I'm a sucker for little details.
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