Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161205015930/@comment-5106672-20161205184413

I'm sorry, I can't take any victim blaming on Belle on the last (six) season(s). Given the circumstances, who would have believed it was not actualy Rumple hurting her and the baby with the age-speeding powder? He spent the past seasons maipulating or lying to her, and the last eight or so episodes being downright abusive without a valid reason: I'd sey getting the baby out of dodge while trying to reason with her unreasonable husband would be what anyone would do. And it's not her fault they all ended up tangled in Rumple's screwed up family tree branches, because did he ever tell her why he hated the Fairies so much? Did he ever tell her the Black Fairy was his mother? Did he try to explain his reasons other than “you'll come back crawling to me”? NOPE. And the lack of communication is not to blame on both parties, either, because ever since her very first appearance on-screen Belle has constantly tried to get Rumple to open up to her while he kept pulling back.