Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20150309010651/@comment-24386552-20150314184248

I know some people are upset. It was a bit of a surprise but then again someone leaked pictures of Will and Belle holding hands for future episodes and so that was a giveaway. But tbh, Rumple sort of deserves that. And if anything I think the whole Belle/Will situation is meant to truly test him. I don't think it is their (Belle and Will) motive but the writer's motive. If Rumple will use dark measures to obtain Belle's love or if he will walk the full 500 miles and earn his happy ending. I honestly think he needs to accept that he really really screwed up and has a lot of making up to do.

Some people excuse his actions but I don't. When you destroy your own happy ending even if you don't think it is a happy ending or a boring one, then you don't deserve what you get. He wanted to have it all, but she didn't. She didn't want him to be all-powerful unlike Her Lacey persona. And when she found he lied she was pissed. She could have handled it different ways in terms of punishing him, instead of banishing him, but she chose that one. To keep everyone else safe.

I am going on a huge rant, but it drives me nuts when people curse Belle out and protect Rumple or call her a tramp or something worse just because she is trying to move on. Faster than some people would.