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Why not both? Rumple's already The Beast and The Crocodile, whats an anthropomorphic duck on top of all that?
Bonus points if all the kids he makes deals for become part of his family, I mean the McDuck clan family tree is already complicated it'd fit right in with OUAT.
once upon a time au where everything is the same except instead of rumpelstiltskin, mr gold is actually revealed to be scrooge mcduck.