David: We need to know if you still have magic. It might be our only chance to save Emma.
Rumple: Maybe I should try something easy. Like spinning straw into gold.
David: Okay, here’s the straw, and here’s the spinning wheel. Go wild.
Rumple: I need a Saxony Wheel to spin straw into gold. This is a Great Wheel.
David: What’s the difference?
Belle: HE DOESN’T MEAN THAT!!
David: What? They all look the same to me!
*Rumple stares at David*
*leaves the room*
Belle: You just had to, didn’t you?
David: What? What did I say?
*Rumple returns with the right spinning wheel*
*also charts*
*and slides*
*and a power point presentation*
Rumple: I hope your daughter can wait a couple of hours.
Belle: Oh…god…
#rumple is a big spinning wheel nerd #you can’t convince me otherwise
Also we all know Belle knows this presentation because she made one wrong mistake, got this, and read up on every spinning wheel ever to avoid having to hear that ever again.
the longest two hours of her life…
“Oh my God Rumple can’t I just say I’m sorry and we can put this behind us? Honestly don’t you think this is a little over the top for Spinning wheels?”
“Excuse me? Over the top for the VERY TOOL OF MY TRADE WITH WHICH WITHOUT I CANNOT MAKE A LIVING?!”
“You’re The Dark One. You run a Pawn Shop. Every spinning wheel back there looks the same as the one you had in The Dark Castle. How is this NOT over the top?”
“Belle they’re spinning wheels you have to take them seriously.”
“Okay…”
Remember when zileena made him spin tons of gold?
Imagine him doing the presentation to her for an hour and a half until she used the dagger to make him stop.