PriceofMagic wrote: They’d just reunited after 30 years.
Exactly. And he was definitely “comforting” her if that’s what you call it today. Sorry, but I can’t imagine anyone wearing that kind of night gown and parading around in it without a robe like Belle did in Croc if one’s significant other hasn’t seen them wearing less…
See I think anything before 310 was left vague for fan interpretation. For me, Rumple would have hesitated greatly before sleeping with Belle after the curse lifted. Sometimes he seems like an old fashioned kind of guy. We’d want to make sure they were in a good place relationship wise before they took it to the next level, even if they had been apart for 30 years.
I agree that it was left open to fan interpretation, which is why Jane said that whether they’d “done it” (not her words) or not was not established as canon. Personally, that answer always annoyed me; why not make it clear one way or the other? In any case, I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer. I could see them “sleeping together” in THAT way around the Croc time, except to me they made it clear that they weren’t, that Gold was in bed simply to comfort Belle (because then why else would he basically be fully dressed). As such, although I can easily imagine them wanting to make love immediately upon the curse breaking, I’m guessing they just chose to be all snuggly and kissy, lol. I love how comfortable Belle is walking around in that nighty, lol, but that doesn’t surprise me; let’s face it, she was pretty darn forward back in FTL, far more forward than women were back then, and my head canon is that she always fantasized about him seeing her like that (and vice versa, lol).
I would have thought that they would have made love for sure by the time of the Outsider, if not that night he called her to the shop than for sure after the Jolly Roger scene, before the car scene, but since Emilie didn’t think (as of a few months ago) that they had “done it (I wonder how often she and Bobby have talked about this), I’m going with the supposition that these two were taking it REALLY slowly, lol. Given how much they need to touch each other, it’s amazing to me if they WERE able to keep themselves from jumping into bed, lol.
Even though Gold was a VERY modern man in FTL days (he encouraged Belle’s intelligence, curiosity, desire for adventure, love of learning, etc… – and she a modern woman, which to me shows how well they were matched), I agree that he does have this old-fashioned, gentlemanly side to him when it comes to romance. IMO, he truly LOVES being in love and he shows that in so many ways, especially every day, in how he treats Belle: with respect and with kindness. He shows how much he loves her in just loving her, needing her, touching her. When he gets her a gift, it’s not some boring candy and flowers that could be anyone’s gift to anyone, it’s a library. He gifted her keys to a new life, to adventure (she couldn’t leave thanks to the memory curse, but she could travel the world via books)…..he knows her SO well.
LOL the funny thing with these two in bed is that I really think they could do it every day for the rest of their lives and NEVER get bored. Not only do they have that insane love and passion for each other, but you just sense that they actually LOVE making love and/or having sex (big difference). I can see them at times going slow, being tender, and at others just being animals because they can’t help themselves!