Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1894786-20151102014307/@comment-6175354-20151102192339

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Well, think of it this way.

Rumple's hurt all of them directly. He killed Milah (Hook), manipulated them into provoking Regina to enact the Curse (Snowing) and well... ruined her life (Regina). And only Hook had a brief glimpse into the man Rumple was before.

Meanwhile, they all know pre-Dark One Emma extremely well. They know she would never hurt Henry.

If your family is killed by a mental patient, you blame the killer, not the illness. But if your relative is a violent mental patient, you blame the illness, not the person.

It's a matter of perspective, and the fact that the writers did give Belle that moment where she can't believe her family would leave her in the lurch like that proves that they are looking at both points of view. I agree with all of this. Thank you so much for posting.