Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141215020437/@comment-1894786-20141226031622

Raelizflo wrote: Something that sort of irked me in that episode, was that the writers really want us to forget stuff.

Why are Rumple and Regina in the car having a casual conversation like old pals? There is so much grime and dirt in their history, it just wasn't believable to me. I mean, Regina locked up Belle for however many years Regina froze Storybrooke. And now they're in chit chat terms? No resentment... just weird. Well, Rumple and Regina have always had a very weird bond. They've always had the power to destroy each other, but aside from Regina using Belle against Rumple, they've never acted on it. In a way, they're very much like a dysfunctional father and daughter. So I would definitely believe their conversation.

And Regina genuinely apologized to Belle in season 3, and since Belle realized that they were all connected and related for life, there was no point in holding on to resentment. She seems to have forgiven Hook as well. Belle seems to be as mature and forgiving as Snow, to be honest.