@Cherish wrote:
Can someone please explain to me why Rumpel needs to choose between Belle and Baelfire? I’ve read that theory before, and I still don’t understand it. Most people are capable of loving their significant other and their child. So, why does Rumpel need to choose? The show didn’t force Regina to choose between Henry and Daniel, and the show didn’t force Snow to choose between Charming and Emma. So, why does Rumpel need to choose between his true love and his own flesh and blood?
I’m not sure that it will happen, but I guess it’s just one of those ideas that’s floated around so much in fandom like Bae being Henry’s father that I think that it’s possible. True, no one has really had to make that kind of Sophie’s Choice yet, but I’ve seen some viewers upset that both Belle and Bae are still alive whereas every other major character has had to deal with losing a loved one. So I think that the possibility exists that a villain would make Rumple decide whose life to save based on the fact that the sadistic choice is a common trope. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MoralDilemma
Usually it’s the hero who has to decide like Batman in The Dark Knight, so perhaps Emma will be faced with a sadistic choice in her future. However, I think Rumple fits better because as far as we’ve been shown so far, he hasn’t lost a loved one yet, except due to his poor decision making.
I don’t understand it either. I’m pretty sure Rumpel is capable of loving both Belle and Bae. So, I highly doubt Rumpel will be willing to choose between them. So, the idea of Rumpel choosing between the two of them… I’m not sure if that makes any sense. I don’t think Rumpel is willing to make that decision, and he shouldn’t have to. Personally, I think Rumpel would find a way to outsmart Hook with magic or something so that he can keep both.
The sadistic choice isn’t about Rumple being capable of loving both Belle and Bae because I’m confident that he does, it’s about a villain making him suffer in a worst case scenario because no matter who he chooses, he’ll always have guilt and shame that he couldn’t save both of them and that they shouldn’t have been in that type of situation because of him.
I agree though that I think that if it did come down to a sadistic choice most likely both Bae and Belle would end up being saved somehow, but Rumple would still have to live with some degree of guilt and shame over the fact that his loved ones getting into that type of situation because of him and perhaps having to face whoever he didn’t pick assuming that some form of rescue comes after he’s already made his decision. Or maybe this is where the sacrifice that many people including myself think will happen with Rumple, and he’ll sacrifice his own life rather than have to choose between Bae and Belle.
I don’t personally think that Bae will enter this…It seems that if Hook went after a loved one, it would be Belle. Its too perfect.
True, this is one of the main reasons why I think Belle will end up being who Hook targets to go after Rumple. Plus, I think it’s too early to have Rumple be forced into making a sadistic choice.