Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170803053127/@comment-6175354-20171027193827

Slipper Blue wrote: I'm scared because Bobby said S7 could be his last. If S7 is not the final season, Rumple's ending will be without Belle...? So?

Going the Up route is incredibly romantic and mature. Unlike how the writers pandered to shippers with 7.02. Belle would live a long, happy, and fulfilling life. If she dies in the flashback, it will likely be due to old age.