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I agree. I don't see GoldenQueen as a Romantic ship. They are Frenemies. The one thing that I saw in last nights ep is, again, the self awareness of Gold, and his true love of Belle. I loved that he picked up the sleeping Belle, and gently laid her on something more comfortable than the floor. And his speech gave us more insights into just what is going on in that conflicted head.

I think that there may be hope for Rumpbelle yet, but it's going to take some extreme makeover work on Rumple tol get there, and that will likely be more towards the series finale when we get that (because it will probaly require a distinct seperation of the 2 personalities, and the defeat of the Dark One).