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Belle obviously didn't agree because Regina used her as a puppet and told her to forget, keeping her heart as leverage. Tbh, if Belle did agree to such a thing, it would be stupid. Hurting Rumple like that is petty no matter what he did and Regina was just desperate enough to actually kill her if she felt it was needed.

I love Once but the double sandard towards redemption and how other characters should be treated makes me roll my eyes. Regina does something, we get "she's changed, she's come so far, she's well on her way to becoming a hero. You've no right to judge her for the past. Rimple manipulated her!" Everyone else has to work for forgiveness or gets chewed out for daring to still be angry with her.