Actually, Rumple knew he didn't have to become the Dark One to save his son. He knew he only had to have the dagger to control him. He made the choice of taking the power for himself because he was afraid of controlling the Dark One and he wanted those powers for himself. There are 2 dialogues from "Deperate Souls" that makes this pretty clear. First, when he is told he could control him, and his answer was 'I would be too afraid'. And later, when he talks to Baefire about it, and Bae tells him he doesn't need to do it, that he'd rather go to war, and Rumple's answer is how he would love to have those powers: " If I own that dagger, I control the Dark One. If I kill the Dark One with the dagger, I take his powers. Imagine me with those powers. Can you imagine me with those powers, Bae?"
And, in the end, when really confronted with it, he let himself be taunted by the Dark One, who kept telling him he would be exchanging his soul for a son who was probably not even his. This, ultimately, made him kill the Dark One and take his powers for himself.
And, in the end, when really confronted with it, he let himself be taunted by the Dark One, who kept telling him he would be exchanging his soul for a son who was probably not even his. This, ultimately, made him kill the Dark One and take his powers for himself.
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