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As far as Moe and Belle, I recognize that it’s a TV show so they don’t have an unlimited amount of time to use on each and every character and plot line, however I did find it bizarre that Moe said he was all concerned about finding his daughter but when he does find her he spends no time at all rejoicing over finding her or talking to her, all he wants to do is make sure she stays away from Rumple. And when he can’t control her the way he wants to his solution is to have her loose all of her memories – even her memories of him??? Doesn’t really seem like he was actually wanting to find his daughter with the intent of being reunited so he could have a relationship with her. Sounds more like he wanted to find her because he had already figured out that she had fallen in love with Rumple and wanted to get revenge by taking her away from him.
So at the end of the day, I don’t know that it is possible for Belle and her father to have a relationship. Belle has made it clear to father on at least two occasions that we have seen (when she chose to go with Rumple to save her village and when she chose to stay with him in SB) that she doesn’t like having people make decisions for her and she is also very big on unconditional love. I don’t think she would be interested in a relationship with her father until he can accept that she has chosen to be with Rumple. I can, however, see her trying to arrange some kind of meeting between Rumple and her father to work out their problems with one another and to let them know that she would like it if they could find a way to get along for HER. I think Rumple has come far enough that he would apologize and do what it would take to try to get along with Moe because Belle is so important to him. I don’t know if Moe is the kind of man who could do the same. But Belle is independent enough and confident in who she is that she would recognize she gave him a chance, would love Rumple all the more for trying, and would move right along with her life with Rumple if her father couldn’t try for her.