Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11058666-20141228031222/@comment-24674051-20150319135057

Here's the thing with Belle. She's not the sword-wielding, fireball throwing, arrow shooting type. Almost everyone else in the Main cast is. She is the Pretty, Brainy, I'd rather not get my hands dirty type. If you need intelligence and information, she's the go to. (Seems she even has the Internet figured out better than everyone else.)

Also, being somewhat sheltered, she is naive to the extreme.

And that is what comes across, and Emilie brings that across very well. With this arc, it seems there is probably going to be less Physical fighting, and more intellectual investigation in order to find the author, and that plays right into her strengths.

Oh, and even though she doesn't cast magic herself, she seems pretty knowledgeable in using magic. (Love her threatening Cruella and Ursula in Unforgiven).