Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26116863-20151103000104

No offense meant to anyone who ships these two. I just formed this opinion yesterday after watching the episode. Just my opinion, so don't bite my head off.

I think that deep down, Belle misses the old, more macho Rumple, and is a little disappointed with the new mousy one. She seemed kind of irritated with him. And then he got way too mushy and even Belle was weirded out. I was going to barf. "Oh Belle, I will worship you forever! You saved me! I wuv you!!!". Bluck!

And then she got way more irritated when he started acting wimpy, way more than she used to when he started acting devious as the DO.

One thing that you have to remember about Belle is that she admires bravery. She has always aspired to be a hero herself, and it's going to be harder for her to put up with a coward than to try to fix a difficult evil, but bold, person. At least when he was just evil that was a challenge for her. Now he's just clinging to her leg like a wet mop that she has to drag around.

I think that his his boldness because of his powers was one of the things that attracted her to Rumple in the first place. She saw that if he would just be good, he could be a great hero like her. And then they could be heros together And now she's said herself that basically she still loves him because she see's the "potential" for bravery in him.

So basically, she loves him because she believes that he could be a hero like her, and she can make him into one. But how is she going to react if it turns out that he can't change, and will never be as brave as her? He won't be evil, so she can't use that as an excuse to leave him. So how is she going to deal with dragging him around when she wants to act and fix things?

Again, these are just my thoughts at the moment. Feel free to try to change them, but please be polite about it.  