I think the main problem with The Crocodile was there was no build up to Belle and Rumple falling out. The last time we saw RumBelle was in Broken where Belle came back after Rumple broke his promise, saying she’d stay with him, then all of a sudden in The Crocodile, she’s saying that she’s leaving him because he wasn’t being honest with her and letting her in emotionally.
Whilst I do agree that Belle did deserve Rumple to be honest with her and to let her in emotionally, I do think in 202 and 203, there should have been some sort of transition shown between RumBelle to show a reason why Belle seemed to go from “I’m staying with you because I love you” to “I’m leaving because you’re not being honest with me”
All this PLUS, even so, Belle horribly overreacted to Gold’s being unable to be honest with her. She treated him the same way she treated her father, the man who literally had her snatched, thrown into a mine cart and pushed towards the town line so she’d lose her memories. That man is a real beast, and he did that simply because he’s a control freak who couldn’t let his daughter make up her own mind (he also tried to take credit for the deal sayin git was his deal. Um, NO, you moron; YOU said NO to Rumple, it was Belle who agreed). I fully expected that we’d get a wonderful reunion, but instead, she pushes him away and says she NEVER wants to see him again? Really? Days later at the library, she’s still infuriated. I chalk that up to just poor writing because it doesn’t compute at all. I think Belle, the REAL Belle, would have understood that this is a man who lived alone basically for 300 years and has had real reason not to trust anyone. When he couldn’t open up in the kitchen, he wasn’t trying to be closed off to her, he just wasn’t sure how – and being afraid doesn’t make one a coward. I never liked how Belle fed into his insecurities there.
However, I think the reason why RumBelle is separated so much (It is frustrating and fanfiction shows that fans do want RumBelle just to be able to spend time together) is because the relationship they have is so passionate and so strong that petty squabbles wouldn’t add enough drama to the relationship. Belle and Rumple arguing over Rumple not putting the toilet seat down would be great for fans to see, however the casual audience may think it is just a waste of screentime.
Oh I agree. These two are really open with each other and they just respect each other way too much to engage in ridiculous blow ups over stupid, foolish things. I also think fans would be happy if we just got a few of these scenes; the sad thing is, we’re really not asking for a lot…..just a few scenes sprinkled here and there would be sufficient. I think it’s also important to do that in order to ground the show in reality………
Price, lol, the thing is, they have to stop kidding themselves. They just showed one of the most brutal scenes I’ve ever seen, Pan tossing his poor son against the wall, kicking him and basically just hurling (from earlier in the scene) the most abusive words. I mean, that was HARD to watch…and we have seen deaths. It really bugs the *** out of me that we have to deal with a Rumple/Cora wheel scene (which did nothing for me because I saw no chemistry, but the point is that was supposed to be sexy) or a Jack/James scene, but we can’t get ,say, a recreation of the Skin Deep deleted scene? Denying these two their physicality is taking away so much of who they are. Bobby and Emilie can take the most innocent of scenes and turn it into something that requires a cold shower after watching, lol…….I mean, that’s why the deleted scene was deleted in the first place; it wasn’t supposed to be THAT erotic, lol. This is not Saturday morning cartoons. You made a show in large part about TL, so asking adults to watch the show, get emotionally attached to couples and yet not care about seeing any romance is really unfair by Adam/Eddy. Snowing gets ALL the kisses now and we even get to see them in bed (not that it does anything for me; they’re cute, but……..). Why don’t we get the same thing with Rumbelle?
Oh and YES to your last point, lol. How clunky was Snowing’s dialogue? That scene in Gold’s shop is my 2nd favorite Rumbelle scene ever, behind the phone call scene….and it’s NOT far behind, which is saying something. I just adored their little flirty conversation, how we ALL know that when she said “perfect” and he said “thank you” that it was NOT about the tie, how he was so proud of himself, so impish (did you catch the adorable way he sort tilted his head back and forth, lol)..Oh please, they had just probably had the best sex ever, then they have the best kiss ever (and it’s my favorite Rumbelle kiss, completely open-mouthed, sigh), leading to them deciding to screw the party and have more great sex, lol. Then they obviously get busy in the morning because Gold shows up at the diner with his hair hardly brushed and practically panting. It was all he could do not to sprint back to Belle at the counter, lol.
I’ll make a new post because this one I really rambled on in….