Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20140806104134/@comment-5655661-20140810201709

Applegirl wrote:

I, too, am tired that Belle's only link is that she was Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold's girlfriend and now his wife. Her character needs to branch out towards other people or places. Her friendship with Red and probably with Mulan/Philip had a really huge potential, especially the first one but they just decided to toss that away. What's even worse, there were some times when other main characters didn't even acknowledge her presence even though they shared the same scene with her. It seems like writers just don't know what to do with her which is really said since she is interesting character with quite a fanbase.