To PriceofMagic:
I don’t agree with this because it makes it seem like the most important thing is not upsetting Regina rather than letting Rumple express his emotions in a way that doesn’t involve murder.
Oh no, ma’am! 😀 If you’ve seen my other posts, you will know that I care nothing about upsetting Regina. In fact, I was one of the first to bring that type of thing up after Cora’s death.
I put that there from the point of view of Belle. Though she doesn’t like Regina, the Mayor Mills would possibly start an all out feud with Rumpel if he murdered Zelena. That is not my opinion, but a statement I could see Belle making out of want for less fighting. Nevertheless, Regina is not the focus of the post or even that sentence. She was merely an add on in to that sentence, because I was trying to think of things Belle could say (without completely breaking character) while making a list of why her opinion was viable (naming off who all it would effect). I could omit Regina’s name from the sentence and it will still have the same meaning. Furthermore, the points are not listed in order of importance. They are just as what I said they were to be in my post: Things to discuss. Notice that I even bolded what was most important to discuss which was in the middle of the list, and had to do with Baelfire.
So, I encourage you to not even dwell on that sentence, or have it skew your view of my post, because her name is literally .05% of the conversation that I’d planned out, and it’s purpose combined.
But you are completely right in one respect. Regina shouldn’t be mentioned. That’s a big flaw, and mentioning her would probably upset him more, I realize. I’ve omitted those last few words from the sentence, to make a more congruent argument. Thanks a bunch.