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Eskaver wrote: Applegirl wrote: When Mr. Gold was making his speech to Belle about why he was returning her heart, I had to keep from rolling my eyes, lol. Honestly, I feel like if he truly loved her, he would've made Will get her heart and just make Will give it back to her without letting her know he himself was involved in stealing it back. I believe Mr. Gold was genuine when he said what he said to Belle, but it bothered me he made such a grand gesture of it. It irked me more that after he left, Belle just had to turn around and stare after him. I understand a piece of her heart will be drawn to him, but I'm tired of this relationship and the way it's going. Time after time Gold makes amends when he's at the end of his rope but he always goes back to his old ways. Sorry if I'm offending Rumbelle fans. Rumple always tend to make grand gestures. The bad part is selfish, abused Belle is lookking longingly after poor, sad, lying, deceiving Rumple. I'm happy Rumple pretty much said he's moving on since he's not worthy of a relationship and then the writers have Belle fall into his hands. Maybe they are proving that Belle has Stockholm's Syndrome or that people love anything placed on TV, no matter how outlandish.

If Rumple and Belle get back together by the end of this season I'd go Zelena-crazy.

Belle is not selfish in the least. In fact, she is the only character on the show who isn't selfish to some degree. Everything she's ever done has been for the good of others. Becoming Rumple's maid, leaving Rumple, defeating the Yaoguai, trying to protect people from Rumple, babysitting for Snow and Charming, kicking Rumple out to keep Storybrooke safe, etc. Then she does one thing for herself, which is moving on from Rumple and dating another man, and everyone demonizes her, especially when she finds it hard to decide whether she should stay with Will or go back to Rumple.

Also, since when she is abused? I guess you could make an argument and say that manipulation for one's own benefit is abuse, but Rumple never manipulated Belle in an attempt to make her feel worthless or hated or anything like that. The day he makes her cry by mentally or physically hurting her is the day Zelena becomes sane. XD, anyways, unless I see Rumple hit Belle or something, I'm not pulling out the abuse card. There's only been one abusive relationship in this show, and that was Graham and Regina.