Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20160520172623/@comment-25926288-20160520174340

(Character based thread on the Gen Discussion Board......XD) Moved!

I know I'm about to sound like one of those nostalgia-dweebs, but I remember the days of hamburger dates and pancakes when their (incredibly short) relationship was quite romantic with its minor missteps. Oh, those were the days! But most of their relationship largely deals with Rumple, so I'll keep him out of this thread. After all, a person isn't defined by their relationship.

I predict that Belle-in-the-Box will be traversing realms, monologues, and expostional speeches with Rumple. When will it stop? Nobody knows!

I would like more than anything else is that she actually make friends with the main group. Rewatching season 5 is a pain when you see Blue tell Belle to go help save Emma because she's resourceful, then see Emma say twice how she's using Belle as an element of blackmail towards Rumple. At least have Emma say she'd do it anyway, but it never seemed like that was the case. Then, Henry saying, "I think Grandpa came back with Belle" or when Emma saying that "Belle doesn't want to be with him anymore"......like, guys, fact check, talk to her, no more assumptions! When Rumple wants to free Belle from the curse, noone offers to help. Sure Rumple was doing it wrong, but the "heroes" didn't seem to care one bit.

It goes without saying that Belle is the biggest victim in all of Once.