Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20160119214649/@comment-24304025-20160403215251

JMXD96 wrote: FrancisPaul wrote: Eskaver wrote: That is hilarious! When have "our heroes" ever cared about Belle?! They not only never cared about her but were rude to her in 5A. I do, however, admit that the lack of friendship between Belle and the Charmings is due to lazy writing. She is always portrayed as naive and the one who helps everybody while the others are always too busy with their businessess to remember she even exists Wasn't Ruby the only other person, besides Rumple, that truly cared about Belle's well-being? Exactly. But it's not that the Charmings are mean.

It's that writers themselves don't care enough about Belle to develop her relationships to others. Remember when Phillip greeted Snow and Charming (whom he had never met) with joy and didn't even look at Belle who saved him? Belle's stories are often forgot after the required centric in each season.