Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20160625215037/@comment-24674051-20160711172216

Valid points. But the writers have not done much in the way of actually integrating Belle into the rest of the group (other than using her when Snow and David need a babysitter). She occasionally interacts, but it is very spordic. It's really like you have the main group (Emma, Regina, Snow, David, Killian, and Henry) and the other group (Rumple and Belle). Not sure where Zelena falls into this mix yet. But the interaction between the Regina Group and Rumple group is limited. They tend to be on completely separate story lines that only occasionally cross paths.