Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-5106672-20150331224137

I started off as a HUGE rumbeller in S1, but by this point I do not want Belle and Rumple to get back together. They started off as a dark spin on the Beauty and the Beast fairytale, but now they have developed into a psychologically abusive relationship I cannot give my support to.


 * For one thing, it has been established that Belle now is afraid of Rumple. One partner being afraid of the other is not a healthy basis for a relationship. True, she was never afraid of him even when he could have killed her on spot for all she knew, but that was because she was his prisoner and had nothing to lose. That bravery won him over and eventually led on a more balanced relationship in Storybrooke, but I can't blame Belle for being afraid of him now that she has realised he won't even respect the word he gave her.


 * For another thing, Beauty and the Beast is all about finding your own identity with the help of someone who cares for you so deeply they see past the façade you put up for the rest of the world. Which is something entirely different than having a bad partner and trying to change them into a good one. That's a downright stupid and very dangerous message, the polar opposite of what the original tale was about. In both the original and Disney's version, Belle starts falling in love with the Beast when she realises the good is ALREADY inside him, beneath the hideous appearance. In the original, he's kind from the start and it only takes him time to win her over; in the Disney movie, she does not get along with him when he's mean, and only starts to when he becomes gentler and starts caring for her in return. I'll say it again because I can't stress this point enough, but finding the best in people is different than trying to change them.


 * From what we've seen so far, Rumple has little to no good in him: whatever was lest, is gettin weaker and waker. Rumbelle in S1 and 2 was indeed Belle trying to help Rumple finding his real self underneath his evil ways, believing in him so he could believe in himself too. I would ship that, it was 100% Beauty And The Beast. But since the prophecy, it has become Rumple being evil behind Belle's back. It has become him keeping playing with her, until he started downright lying, manipulating, using her as a weapon and as an alibi. What's worst, he didn't come clear to her even though he had multiple occasions: he was caught red-handed and that's how Belle knew. So not only did he treat her horribly, but didn't even try to make up for that. And since he was banished, all he did was keeping manipulating Belle, in an even more direct way. Honestly, unless he has a HUGE change of behaviour, if Belle takes him back I'm going to poof into the show Samara Morgan style and slap her straight in the face. Love conquers all if both people believe in it and respect the commitment. This is not the case.