Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151026005934/@comment-6175354-20151026180136

AppleTree23 wrote: 1. You guys are being a bunch of charmings about Merida. She's trying to motivate Rumple by giving him something he cares about more than himself. I like that she's not 99.9% perfect. She's a good person who has flaws which makes her an interesting character and gives her personality. When we first meet her she wants to fight Emma in the forest "fair and square". Being tough is just her personality. And, it seems she's not just preparing him to remove excalliber, but also take down the dark one? Sorry, but Merida is just a bully. She is not motivating Gold, she is just making him angry. I understand that she wants Gold to push past his handicap, but that still just not give her the right to beat up a cripple. There is nothing fair about how Merida is handling the situation, because she is just thinking about herself.

Oh, and Merida is not preparing Gold to pull Excalibur.... as she, unknowingly, foreshadowed who it will be.