Somebody posted this . . . somewhere . . . I’ve read so many posts about Rumple and Belle’s reunion that I can’t remember where it was posted so my apologies for not giving credit to the person who brought it up: Rumple was way overly protective of Bae. Now he’s promised to protect Belle after he will most likely feel at least somewhat responsible for what happened to her because he kicked her out of his rather large estate. I’m feeling as if that can only lead to another psycho-overly protective Rumple situation – however, in this case it is with Belle, who is super independent and has made it quite clear in the past that she does not want to be treated to like a damsel in distress who cannot take care of herself. Keep in mind she told Gold that she was told he would protect her BEFORE she remembered who she really was. Even though my heart melted when he told her he would protect her – I predict very bad things will happen because of that.