Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20151126223807/@comment-6175354-20151127141431

Eskaver wrote: It was a Belle centric. Belle in the flashbacks and prominnent Belle in the present day. Rumple and Merida were simply the major players to Belle story.

Excatly.... Belle was the one who moved the stories forward, Merida and Gold were just supporting characters.