Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-27410827-20151216202642

I have only watched the fourth season and the first part of season 5, but has Belle always been such a pushover? She keeps getting deceived by Gold, she finds out the deception, gets mad at him or break up for a short while, then runs back into his arms only to get deceived yet again. When the main heroes are facing a major crisis, chances are that she is literally sleeping throughout the entire ordeal. The most disturbing is that she's well aware that Gold has caused a lot of pain to the other characters she considers her friends but she seems to brush it off, like saying "You are horrible to my friends but I don't care, you act all romantic around me and that's all that matters to me".

When all the other horrible deeds of Mr Gold could in a way be excused by saying he was theDark one at the time, this time he, as a hero, he chose to become the Dark One again. Don't you think redemption has a limit? Apart from her pathetic attitude towards Gold, she also only exists to be used by the other characters, not least by Emma Swan, as a foil to Gold's plans by blackmailing him.

How can people support Rumbelle, given their disturbing history? Talk about having some strong female characters, ouat! (facepalm) 