@PriceofMagic wrote:
@RumplesGirl wrote:
I really like Red but I feel as though she was totally under utilized this season. I don’t think that’s H and K’s fault. They have a lot of characters and I don’t know how much more of Red’s story they thought they could tell. What else is there? Red Handed was a great episode with the shocking twist that she was the wolf, but Child of the Moon was one of my least favorite episodes. It fell flat and was, for me, obvious filler. Since then she’s been around less and less. It’s understandable that Meghan decided to look elsewhere, though again I do not blame H and K. Maybe they had bigger plans for Red but with so much going on, stuff has to fall to the side and I don’t want another Red story just because they feel they HAVE to give her one.
I agree. I do like Red but this season wasn’t kind to her and it’s not necessarily because she’s not been around much, it’s just that when she has been around she’s not had much to do and could’ve not just turned up at all. Belle wasn’t around much in season one but when she did appear, she had an important role within the story.
Good point. I’ve always thought/wondered if they hadn’t decided to make Rumple the Beast and Belle had just been another character for background like Ella, would she have been around in S2? Or would she have been a one time character? I often wonder how reaction to Skin Deep changed the overall show. Reaction to Rumbelle basically exploded after that episode. It became one of the top ships on the show, rivaling Snowing. I remember being in the chat room the night of the S1 finale and when Jefferson sent Belle after Gold everything exploded; and while there was much cheering when Snowing found each other on the street, when Belle remembered on the way to the well it was even more insane. I think the reaction to Rumbelle was something H and K didn’t expect at all.
So, to bring this back to Ruby, had they not killed off Peter (which would have made Red Handed nowhere near as good) or really tried to pair her with Whale or someone else, maybe she would have been given more screen time. But I hate to think that the only way someone can enter this show and be significant is by being romantically paired with someone. That was one of the major reasons I liked Ruby: she didn’t have a true love, her story/happy ending was about accepting herself, fur and all.