Re: Belle

[PriceofMagic]

@A Chipped Cup wrote:

Hmm…Dark Belle? I could actually see this happening. However, I could never see her being 100% evil. But the very fact that she’s romantically linked to Rumpel could put her on the wrong side of the battle. I read somewhere on another site that Belle’s story will mirror that of Belle from the Disney movie. In the end, when the villagers come to kill the Beast (Rumpel) Belle will be the only one still defending him. She’ll be the last shield standing between Rumpel and the angry mob. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.

And yes, I wouldn’t mind seeing a darker, sexier Belle. I love the idea of Belle being OUAT’s dark princess. Most of the princesses on this show have followed the basic bullet points of what makes a decent fairytale princess. So, it would be pretty cool to see the writers take the rulebook and just throw it out of the window.

I don’t see them making Belle a dark character because if they do she won’t be the same character that Rumple fell in love with. What I think will happen is, as you said, her romantic link to Rumple will make it seem like she is on the wrong side of good and evil. Everyone will view her with suspicion and distrust because of her association with Rumple. In Skin Deep, when Regina is telling Rumple about Belle’s death, she mentions that because of Belle’s association with Rumple, everyone shunned her. How will Rumple react when everyone in Storybrooke (or at least the fairytale people in Storybrooke) shun Belle because of her association with him? Belle is innocent and hasn’t done anything wrong and yet people will probably treat her the same way they treat Rumple.

Perhaps Rumple might call in his favour with Emma and ask her to befriend Belle because no one else will. Then when Belle finds out that the only reason Emma became friends with her is because she owed Rumple a favour, Belle is going to feel a little hurt and betrayed by both Emma and Rumple because I doubt Rumple would mention Emma owing him a favour to Belle.