But I just can’t get myself to jump ship and give up on them. They are Beauty and the Beast, and I still want a happy ending for them. I just hope they find a way of doing it that doesn’t involve Belle looking stupid because that would make me very sad.
Well to be fair to myself here…I haven’t jumped ship nor given up on them. Hello, profile picture.
But I am very disillusioned with how they are treating Rumbelle. Rumple confessing, pleading for help because he’s an addict, Belle being angry at him, but helping him…that’s watchable TV.
I think them never sliding back at all would be unrealistic. I think it shows character growth that he at least attempted to give Belle the real dagger, even if it was under shady circumstance. And Regina has definitely changed! She decided not to go back and murder Marian because she saw herself as she was and didn’t like it- that’s huge for her!
Bullet point style
1) Never said they wouldn’t slide back. But there’s sliding back, and then there’s throwing the baby out with the bath water. Rumple committing murder knowing full well it’s the last thing Neal would ever want? Baby. Bathwater. Bye bye.
2) Never said Regina hasn’t changed. Like I said: hero last season. Back tracking this one. But I disagree with your assessment re: Marian. Regina is trying to get HER happy ending, but that ruins Marian’s (this is also why I have a huge problem with Emma’s promise to Regina through the door–realistically, Emma should have said, “I’ll make sure you’ll get a happy ending because you’re a core character and a regular star. The heck with this innocent guest star chick). @PriceofMagic brought this up in another thread: Emma’s promise was really unrealistic. It’s impossible to give Regina a happy ending and not ruin someone else at the same time. And that morality of that is…problematic, though I grant it’s because “main character”