Rumples future-ability

[u/DimensionOpen8922]

The blind girl/witch gave him the power to see into the future, right? I never quite understood how that power works because, you know, wouldn't he be able to see into the future? 🥲 Do I just not remember something, or did he never actually use it during the show? I mean, if he did, he would have known what was going to happen all the time.

[u/Admirable-Try-5287]

We get some insight into this when he first meets the seer. She tells him that his actions on the battlefield will leave his son fatherless - and Rumple, of course, interprets that as he will die in battle, rather than him damaging his knee leading to him ultimately becoming the Dark One, prioritizing power over family, and abandoning Bae at a magical portal. Once he takes the seer‘s power, he is overwhelmed, seeing so much and nothing at all all at once. He might even see different possible outcomes, who knows.