Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20141023215822/@comment-24304025-20141118150709

Rena Charming wrote:

Utter solitude wrote: ....That was a big part... Except it wasn't? Getting her shot was basically a means of writing her off only they didn't write her off, they just kept dragging her about through the second half of the season like with meeting Greg (which led nowhere) and the phone call about Rumple dying (which was shrugged off later on real easily). And Lacey was relevant for one episode, and solved in the season finale thanks to a massive deus ex machina, with no repercussions whatsoever in season 3. They never know what to do with Belle and it makes me cackle. So yeah don't expect that to change anytime soon. Her "heroic" contribution to the winter finale is prolly her telling Rumple for the millionth time that he can be good once she finds out that a) he gave her a fake dagger, b) he's been harnessing power from magical beings and almost did Emma in, c) he took Hook's heart and intends to use it and d) he's been cavorting with the Snow Queen behind everyone's back when everyone's been trying to find her. Not to mention that e) appears to be, what, he wants to dominate the world or something? Belle is gonna find out about all this and forgive him within two seconds and encourage him to try again and be good because she's wholesome and forgiving to the point of being a moron.

I agree with all of that.

Unfortunaetly, writers either don't want or don't know what to do with Belle.