Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171028005802/@comment-25926288-20171029212103

DatNuttyKid wrote: Eskaver wrote: Ouatiwillalwaysfindyou wrote: Guys can someone answer my question? I wondered whether Belle and Rumple could've easily lived out their lives in Storybrooke with everyone else and Belle wouldn't have died (which I hoped). But was it her choice or sacrifice to help Rumple find his path and living out their lives together? Rumple knew that Belle wanted to explore the world(s). So, they did. It wasn't until ten or so years later that Belle decided to help Rumple free himself from the dagger. Belle seemed perfectly fine with it. Nevertheless, it was her choice. (Because even a scrifice...is a choice. XD) The prophecy still referred to "the place where time stops", so presumably if Belle died of old age in Storybrooke it wouldn't work...? Idk. Prophecies are vague.

The words were:

When the Dark One finds Eternal Love, (Rumple has to find True Love)

At the sun's brightest set, where time stops (Which outlasts death)

the path shall appear where the Darkness  ( He will be led to the Guardian)

shall rest.

So, beforehand, Rumple thought to go to a realm that seems frozen with a setting sun and wait. But the sun and other stuff was all about Belle's (or the True  Love's) death. I don't think he had to be at any specific place. I asusme that was just Belle's desire.