@King Arthur wrote:
She should have some memories at least from her Storybrooke life, albeit there’s not much to remember. Most memories would be from sitting in her cell in the asylum. But I thought she should at least recognize Mr. Gold as Mr. Gold. Shouldn’t she at least remember Mad Hatter coming to tell her to find Gold and that he would protect her?
Yeah, Belle should at least remember meeting Mr. Gold in 1×22. However, I think the fact that she had just lost her FTL identity and witnessed Mr. Gold use magic to heal her arm is what has caused her to freak out. She was really creeped out when he kissed her and when he talked to her about charming her cup with magic. She demanded he stop talking about magic and then smashed the teacup. Really, though, who can blame her? In his desperation, Mr. Gold didn’t give much consideration to how strange or frightening Belle without her FTL memory would find magic and intimacy with a sorcerer old enough to be her father (well, actually old enough to be her great-great-great-great grandfather if you consider he is 300-years-old).
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy