Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26018039-20150329230148/@comment-25926288-20150405171011

That's why I sort of agree with some that are against Belle and Will. There was simply ne development prior and no development currently giving us a reason. I'd like to see Belle grow outside of Rumple and even this relationship is somewhat about Rumple. Belle is almost exactly like David. David, like Belle, is more submissive than their partner and always the cheerleader of the other. David really has very little character to call his own without Snow, which is why I liked David season two and onward when he has time separated from Snow.

Belle has the potential to be a more important character but the main core seems to be: Snow, Regina, Rumple, and Emma. The rest are extensions and the townsfolk are expendable and rarely given a mind anymore besides the hive mind mob.