Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-4911992-20140517184801/@comment-24938134-20140525135605

DconsKJK wrote: I don't think Rumple knew quite what to do. I don't blame him for wanting to destroy Zelena; he did promise Neal first. But, as always, I don't like the lying that this marriage has started out on. I think he should have taken the chance to put the dagger away instead of leaving Belle the fake; he just makes Belle a target now.

I see it going badly if people truly believe that Belle has the dagger. So we're going with he panicked, and made a bad decision? I can buy that, that is how he became the Dark One and then lost Nealfire in the first place - a split second decision he later regretted.

And how much danger is Belle really in? All someone has to do is stick their hand in her handbag without her noticing. That has to be the worst place she could possibly keep that thing. I know it's not the real one, but Belle doesn't know that