Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150826195114/@comment-11058666-20150827234727

Also, I think it's really cruel to say anyone isn't a "real" man or woman because they are cowardly or whatever. I don't care if they're fictional. Like, it's one thing to slander heartless, cold-blooded murderers in fiction, but to say such horrible things about an innocent, naïve little girl is just absurd.

I'm gonna say one last thing in regards to Rumple and Belle. Eskaver, please don't delete this: If I were Belle, I would stay with Rumple. After being locked away for 28 years and constantly kidnapped, memory-wiped, and held at gunpoint, and getting my heart ripped out, just for trying to be a hero and help people, I would give the hell up. People showed Belle no damn respect her entire life. The only person who ever showed her respect was Rumple. I would rather be lied to and manipulated than be at the mercy of a judgmental town who hates me for showing compassion and love towards a man deemed evil. So I guess I'm not a real woman either? I guess I'm spineless and lacking self-respect. All in all, Rumple treats Belle with more respect than anyone else and he can protect her. Security and love is something most people want to come home to.