Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20140901190111/@comment-24674051-20141031181522

And on a different topic, just saw the 2nd Sneak Peek. We all knew that Belle was going to try to use the Dagger to control Rumple, but Oh Boy! Life is getting ready to be interesting at the Gold household. First question is what in the world would posesses Belle to do something as desperate as using the Dagger? Second question is how is this scene going to play out. Does she have the real dagger or a fake?

1. Belle Holds Real Dagger - Rumple is getting commanded again, and being led into a situation he clearly wants to avoid. Once that is done he is going to have a few things to say to Belle, who he trusted. (Never mind the fact that he is an untrustworthy person himself). This becomes even worse if Belle loses control of the dagger to anyone but Rumple.

2. Belle holds fake dagger - Scenerio 1. Gold, in order to keep up appearances, obeys Belle, getting into a situation that he really does not want to be in. Puts his love for Belle at odds with his desire for self-preservation, but chooses Belle. This gets revealed when Belle loses the dagger to the Snow Queen, and Rumple reveals that the dagger is not real. His choice to go with Belle against his own wishes when he could have chosen not to appeases any anger Belle might have over having the fake dagger.

3. Belle holds fake dagger - Scenerio 2. Gold fesses up that the dagger Belle holds is fake, revealing his complete lack of trust in anything other than himself. This gets him immediately banished to the dog house (the one without central heat, btw). Rumples redemption is when he has to choose to get involved in order to rescue Belle.

I am going to bet on option 2, because I think deep down Gold does love Belle and would willingly do anything for her if she really wanted it (and she must REALLY want it if she is willing to do the one thing Gold trusted her not to do.)

This is shaping up to be a really good Belle expositive.