Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20160713182420/@comment-26159109-20161002184600

Nakis91 wrote: Why is everyone insisting on pointing out how no one cares about Belle?

Even in real life some people prefer to stay detached from the groups. Where you actually like some people but have no will of hanging out with them... She just doesn't care that much unless she's needed and vice versa. I don't mind it. I actually kinda like it.

I do want Belle to have more air time though.

It's different when the main group consists the so called "heroes" who are supposed to care about the "smallfolks, unimportant people that the viewers don't care about". In Belle's case, they knew that Hades wanted Belle's child, they knew that she was under a sleeping curse, they knew that she was trapped inside Pandora's box (which is supposed to be a horrible place, but suddenly isn't?!?) and they thought she was lost in a different realm (they didn't know Rumple found her) and they never did anything about helping her, a person who helped them numerous times! It just feels that if the characters in question is not a fan favorite (like Hook, Emma or Regina) then the "heroes" don't give a damn, which makes them seem hypocritical and selfish. The characters are not the viewers, they need to care about everyone if they are heroes, not just the characters that the writers like to pander.