Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-30258394-20161018024847/@comment-24674051-20161018181059

Well, there are some interestingt plot points in that 'off-the-wall' theory. It could make for some interesting fan-fiction. Sadly, I don't think we'll see anything quite so creative.

Now, as for people being OOC, I'm not buying that at all. Other than a hair-cut (which was done for outside of the show reasons), I've seen nothing that is really any more off about Rumple than before. Rumple loves Belle, and loves the idea of having his second Child. He is going to do everything in his power to make sure that both are protected. That is what he's done. He's been firmhanded with the EQ, pushing away her advances. and he tried to kill Hyde not once but twice in the Episode (First by choking, then with the Dagger). He did get careless with the Dagger, but I chalk that up to plot more than character. And because Rumple does love Belle, he is willing to tolerate a certain amount of her attitude in order to leave the door open for reconciliation. But his desire to protect them is also going to have him be rather frank in terms of the necessity (at least his perception of the necessity) to reconcile, and Rumple can be brutally frank at times.

As for Belle, I see nothing that I would consider out of character for someone that has experienced everything that she has in the relationship with Rumple. She loved Rumple (and probably still does), but his addiction to power has put his life in danger. and not only his life, it ruined his first son's life, it has put her life in danger, and now it is threatening the life of their child. And having been in love, she is in extreme emotional pain after all of the lies and emotional pain that Rumple has inflicted on her, and in that pain she is lashing out, and lashing out HARD, against him. Her response is from the emotional pain that she is suffering (and I would say that combined with some possible hormonal imbalances that come with being pregnant). Belle's response to Rumple has changed, but I would not say that it is OOC.