Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20141121060938/@comment-25355646-20141213174517

I never really considered Rumple throwing Belle out of the castle as a way of choosing power over love. If Belle broke Rumple's curse with TLK, then he would be powerless and then it would be a lot harder to manipulate Regina into casting the Dark Curse, so he could find Bae. It's like he had to isolate himself from love in order to find love. Maybe he could of not kicked Belle out, but instead he could of explained his predicament to her, and then started dating her, but made a serious "no kissing" rule.