What I would rather have is Belle just accept the darkness and have them be a little evil duo, but I know I’m not going to get that.
I agree, it would be great to see RumBelle causing troube for the “heroes” after how badly the “heroes” have treated them over the course of the series. I wish Lacey had been saved for next season.
The reason why RumBelle TLK didn’t work is because both of them are cursed. Rumple as the DO and Belle with the sleeping curse. We’ve seen before with Snowing in season 1 that a TLK between two people can’t work so if RUmple does want to wake Belle, he’s going to have to give up being the DO.