Well, because it was cruel. I still don’t think it was a “bold” storytelling choice but it is what it is. I still don’t like the disjointed way they handled a lot of the episode. It was an emotional episode and it had some really great moments but it had some strange uncharacteristic moments as well. (Wouldn’t Belle have stayed up all night and read all about what would happen when trying to resurrect the dark one for instance?) There was just too many inconsistencies between previous episodes and what happened in them and what happened in this one. I still feel like they changed the course of their story this summer and hastily added this in. But whatever.
I still love all of you and will still visit this thread to be with you all but the show has lost what was special to me. I just don’t have any passion left for it.
"We were happy."
"Because... it was born out of true love."