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I doubt the tape won’t come back up again, since it’s a vital piece of Rumple’s backmail against Hook.

I don’t think so. We’ve had other things that have appeared to be important at the time but have never been shown or explained again. For example: Snow’s dark fairy dust, the whistle Graham gave to Snow, Red’s cloak, Pan’s parchment of Henry’s face, etc. The tape was used to get Hook in line but now it’s served its purpose (and Hook has gone beyond what the tape showed) so now it’s not important.

Also, Belle would be annoyed in regards to Zelena’s death, because she made Rumple promise not to kill her.

Belle would be annoyed in regards to the lying and deceit but not the fact that Zelena is actually dead. When ever Belle has asked Rumple not to harm someone, it’s more for Rumple’s sake rather than the other person. Belle would be disappointed that Rumple gave into his hate. She won’t be shedding any tears for Zelena.

Regina would also not be happy, because she honestly wanted to give her sister a second chance, and Rumple took that away from her.

Regina shouldn’t have had the right to decide whether or not to let Zelena go free. She wasn’t the one that suffered the most at Zelena’s hands. Zelena treated someone like crap and that bad deed caught up with her in the end. It’s no different to Hook seeking vengeance on Rumple in season 2.

Likewise, Regina killed Graham out of revenge for him leaving her and nobody has called her out about that or given her a hard time about it so why should Rumple get such harsh treatment when Regina got away scot free?

There’s a difference between killing someone in self defense, while they threaten to kill everyone, and killing someone when they are already defeated and vulnerable. Zelena was powerless and no longer a threat, so she did not need to die. Rumple didn’t kill her for the defense of the town either. He killed her in the name of vengeance.

Again Regina killed Graham because he left her and nobody called her out on it. Zelena wasn’t an innocent little victim. She knew Rumple wanted to kill her, she taunted him with it when she had him under her control and she continued to taunt him after her defeat when she thought he couldn’t do anything to her. She only changed her tune when Rumple revealed that he wasn’t bound by a command not to hurt her.