There is still Belle and there is still Rumple and I’m this deep in so I’m not out over this, but dang does it hurt. Neal really had come to represent hope for me in the show–and I just don’t understand their choice here narratively. But I needed Once to give me something good to look forward to right now, cuz I’m having to say so many goodbyes IRL…and it just crushed me with another instead.
There’s nothing wrong with being broken up about your favorite characters’ suffering. It just should come with some good payoff in the end…and I’m struggling to imagine how this could now.
Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing