Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-28162607-20170818082458/@comment-25926288-20170818120800

Using deleted scenes because I can,

They give a better picture as to why Belle was in the position that she was in.

Shown Scene: Belle goes to David and Hook about trying to reason and confront Gideon first, a more peasceful way.

Deleted Scene: Belle goes to Zelena for magical backup, not at all trusting Rumple whatsoever.

Deleted Scene: Belle gets ready with the boys, but Zelena requests that the boys to keep secret of Zelena's unterior motives, despite Belle.

Deleted Scene: Belle and the gang get to the cabin. Belle tries to reason with Rumple, saying that Rumple wants Gideon to be just like him and that Gideon can choose and not kill Emma. Zelena then performs her ulterior plan, but it fails. Belle asks David and Hook if they knew, they say nothing. Gideon poofs out with the plan to still go after Emma.

Shown Scene: Late at night, Belle and Rumple as well as the rest run in and are frozen by Gideon, while Gideon faces Emma.

So, they paint a fuller picture. The writers intended that Belle be pushed into a rock and a hard pace, which is why she sticks with Rumple over "the heroes" because "the heroes" didn't really care what she wanted or about Gideon and that is actually consistent with seasons prior. Then they had the audacity to have Snow and Emma go to Rumple and Belle and insist that they will kill him because Hook was sent away.

Now, Emma comes around (because I think she was bluffing, otherwise that would be OOC).

So, Belle continues to be the biggest victim ever. A loving, deceitful and manipulative husband that cares about their son or self-proclaimed heroes that have lied to her and don't seem to care much about her or her son.

Out of Emma, Snow, David, Hook  and Regina:

Emma was the closest option of being reasonable (when she's actually the one whose life is at stake), followed by Hook (as David had more say in agreeing to Zelena's betrayal of Belle), followed by lol, everybody else.

And yeah, Emma should have at least had a hand in defeating Fiona.

They should have introduced Fiona being a thing in 5x22 and 23 by saying "A powerful darkness was cast upon the land that gives it the power to "stop" stories" and we'd think Dark Curse and then they could drop hints about the Black Fairy with missing children, or dark fairy dust being peddled.