Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20160409073756/@comment-25375217-20161126201715

Nick Rucci wrote: Also Belle was the one who killed Gaston, all Gold did was turn him into a rose she cut his stem but she didn't know that it was Gaston. Rumple let her cut his stem, likely his cause of death, without informing her that it was a human being. (Also, she doesn't know how Gaston died, so she wouldn't know that.)

I'd say Belle is totally in the right here. She's given Rumple plenty of chances to do the right thing and he turns them down every time. I think she would forgive him if he actually did improve, but until he does she should totally stay uninvolved.