Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-11058666-20150405030911

Rumbelle just needs to end. It was a tired relationship, and it had to end. It's too unhealthy and too exhausted to ever be revived. Whatever happened in the past, it needs to lead up to Rumple and Belle being over.

The writers want nothing to do with Belle anymore. They never did much work with her characterization and arc, and now they've just given up, reducing her to a body that either sleeps or eats on set. She's probably going to be killed off, and that is what will push Rumple over the edge and turn him into a full-blown psycho.