Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20140113165251/@comment-24279891-20140509071901

GothicNarcissus wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: GothicNarcissus wrote: I totally agree, as fervent a Rumbeller as I am. :/

I am actually relieved to see, that even some Rumbellers think, this whole engagement thing is messed up. Healthy, lasting relationships are build on love, trust, and respect. Rumbelle lacks 2 out of 3, of those requirements. Again, I agree. If I were Belle and found out about this, I would dump him straightaway because, without trust and respect, love simply dies.

To be honest, I ship Rumbelle pre-curse, because that's exactly what Beauty and the Beast is about: when she discovers he's not as unpleasent as he pretends to be, she falls in love with him. After that, not before. Which is what we saw in Skin-Deep and the Lacey "midquel". But ever since they got to Storybrooke, the whole thing has become totally messed up. I understand her coming back after the Wraith incident, because she gave him a second chance. I also understand she did after he kept his quest for Baelfire a secret, because that was hell of a secret too. And I can also take she kept loving him after she learned about Milah's death and he almost beat Hook to death, because that's his past catching up with him, long before they met. Hell, I can even take she forgave his behaviour with Lacey, since she unwittingly had her part in that incident too. But Zelena's murder is really the straw that breaks the camel's back. :/ That's not Beauty and the Beast anymore, it's Stockholm syndrome.

One can argue that post-Neverland, Rumple is not the same person. When Rumple "died", he truly believed in the sacrifice that he was making for Baelfire.