Reply To: 520 – Sneak Peeks (1 and 2)

[PriceofMagic]

Loving the Regina/Hook snark

Yay Hades ripped up the contract for Zelena! I wonder though if Pan is going to try and pull a fast one. Rumple will be ready to give Zelena back and Pan will say “Not so fast”.

@RG I don’t know if it’s entirely fair to compare Zades and RumBelle because, whilst Rumple and Hades may have similar personality/characteristics, Zelena and Belle are completely different.

However I do agree that Zades comes off as the healthier of the two. However, this could be down to 1. Zades onscreen is going to be 5B only and it will continue off-screen with Zelena being the only one seen throughout season 6 therefore the writers want to establish it as a good thing whilst they have the chance. 2. RumBelle have been playing break up/make up since season 1 because the writers don’t know how to progress them further and it’s getting kind of boring. This could be down to RumBelle narrative function though (Screwball Ninja wrote an interesting essay on it). Basically the writers need Rumple as a reserve villain to use as and when necessary. Because of Belle’s characteristics, she’s not going to be okay with Rumple doing villain things therefore Belle needs to be off screen when Rumple is practicing villainy which is more or less every season hence the break up/make up routine.