Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20160119214649/@comment-27060727-20160403225117

Eskaver wrote: FrancisPaul wrote: Eskaver wrote: That is hilarious! When have "our heroes" ever cared about Belle?! They not only never cared about her but were rude to her in 5A. I do, however, admit that the lack of friendship between Belle and the Charmings is due to lazy writing. She is always portrayed as naive and the one who helps everybody while the others are always too busy with their businessess to remember she even exists I think Regina and Hook treat her the best of the bunch and they are her abusers XD. 5A stood out with the others selfishly not giving a care about Belle. They just want her services as bookworm and babysitter. Belle should be with Mulan and Red, honestly. They know her and she'd be better off with them.

I've thought about how weird that is! Other than Rumple, Belle has probably had the most meaningful interactions with Hook and some of them since s3 have been nice, but it's weird because he's her husband's arch nemesis lol. And they've sort of kept up a small friendship between her and Leroy? But he's a background recurring character, so we obviously don't see a lot of him. We don't see her hanging out with the other main ladies - she just gets one episode a season where she meets some random princess and they have a nice adventure, but then that's it. Easily the least integrated main character on the show.