Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-96.242.16.254-20130429044335/@comment-9050712-20130502182220

Lacey is, somewhat, Belle, so she might be Mr. Gold's true love. The way I see it, Mr. Gold thrives by Lacey and Belle's influence. Either the darkest of roses, or a lighter kind of rose.

I suppose Lacey and Belle are alike in some ways, as they said a few exactly the same phrases to Gold and Rumplestiltskin--although they are in many ways opposites with their reasoning etc. They could be two sides to a coin; they have things in common, as they are both part of the same coin.

I don't see it as Belle "changing flaws," but more like... Well, let's say Belle was like a magnet, and Rumplestiltskin was like a pair of scissors; the pair of scissors can also become magnetic, if it's exposed to the magnet long enough. The potential was already there, it only needed a little pull. :) The pair of scissors needs the exposion to the magnet, though, as it will revert to just potential when the magnet's gone. The small arrows (that in a magnet all point north) are being pointed in the right way by Belle.

But Lacey... If I stay with Mr. Gold being scissors, then she is probably a grinder, a sharpener, so Mr. Gold will cut more viciously. She won't hold him back in his dark ways, like the magnet sometimes can.

Okay, I now realize I compared characters to a magnet, a grinder, and a pair of scissors. Wow.