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I never entered this thread but wanted to respond to a post without overtaking the Who’s filming Thread.
I think Belle would’ve fallen for pre-dark one Rumple. She loves him for who he is, not because of his power. Rumple does love Belle, they’re true love.
belle was brave, well off, adventurous. pre-dark Rumple was a snivelling coward who would not scarifice himself for anyone. I don’t think Belle would find that attractive. He was a very passive man who would rather wallow in self-pity and poverty than to try to move to a new town to make a fresh start. Why would Belle find that attractive? why would she give up a good life for a weak man who refused to help himself and his family in a healthy productive watt, instead of becoming the dark one? Belle would be just as exasperated as Milah but probably not as snappish.
actually, He was not a coward at all! he believed himself to be a coward, because everyone branded him so, but he didn’t look afraid to go to the Ogres war at all, in fact he seemed excited. The only reason he freaked out about dying in the war was because he was worried about his child growing up without a father.
Knowing Milah, as much as he loved her, he must have realized that she wouldn’t be a great parent to his child, so he needed to stay alive so he could protect his child. this is not cowardly at all, in fact it’s the ultimate kind of bravery = to go against the times against what is considered “IN” against what people admire, to do the “wrong” thing in order to protect the person you love.
that’s bravery, not cowardice.
Belle would have LOVED pre-curse Rumpel.
she ALSO hated conforming to her times and what people considered to be an “IN” woman (marrying a hottie – Gaston) no, she went against what was considered “honorable” to women of her time/place and went off with a beast “forever” and being shunned for it. for her “associations” with such a beast. so yeah, Rumpel and Belle have a lot of the same characteristics.
they both go against the tide.