Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-1765692-20150115180341

If Rumple manages to redeem himself for really realsies, then he might have a chance with Belle again. But for that to happen, I'd imagine he'd need to be put through the wringer worse than he's ever been. Like, he'd need to get into a scrape with someone more powerful even than him.