Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20150309010651/@comment-6344309-20150312204909

Belle deserves a man who doesn't plot with evil sorceresses to cast dark and terrible curses. She deserves a man with whom she comes in first place, not second place to something else. At the same time, I don't see ScarletBeauty as an epic romance, its a rebound relationship for those two, and rebound relationships rarely last long. I have to admit, I get annoyed when I see people say "poor Rumple", especially since a lot of those people are the same ones who are all up on Regina's case saying that she should have to work harder to earn back her happy ending. It also seems like those same people forgot that Rumple had multiple opportunities to stop Ingrid, but instead allowed her to cast that spell, because he was planning on making himself look like the hero by saying that he saved everyone he could when just him, Belle and Henry made it out of Storybrooke. He didn't care that some of the people he was going to let die were her family and friends. If Regina pulled that, everyone would be all up on her case, but since it was Rumple, I see a lot of "oh he was just trying to get released from the dagger" or "how could you Belle" or the one that makes me laugh the most, "Will better watch out". My point is that you can't just say that one person needs to pay for what they've done but another whose done worse just needs understanding. Especially since that's the same person who backs a vengeful woman into a corner that gives her no other option but to cast a dark curse. I understand Regina cast the curse, but you can't manipulate someone into doing something like that and then not be partially responsible.