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Tonight we watched as Rumbelle came to an end after a life lived together, in love and happy, without magical aid. What did you think of the end to this popular ship? Did they do it justice? And what about Rumple’s refusal to use magic for the span of Belle’s life with him?
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I did not hate it, I loved that Rumple was living his life with Belle without magic. I believe that Belle would not have wanted her life extended she would have hated him using magic to keep her young. Do I think it is completely in character with Rumple, Nope he would have secretly used magic to keep her young or slowed down her aging process or whatever, but I am glad he didn’t. It was emotional and sad but with the hope of a happily ever after in the afterlife.
I think I would have preferred them having Rumple realizing he didn’t want to live as the dark one and then having the real TLK, Belle and Gideon could be waiting off stage (where she has spent the last 4 seasons) waiting for Rumple to get back, but if this had happened OUAT could not have had their cake and eat it too. They still have not figured out how to write Rumple as the non dark one so they left him the dark one with a journey to try and get rid of it so he can die and meet Belle in the afterlife. They can still have him being shady because they can say that he is still cursed with the dark one and without Belle to keep him in line he can easily slip back into villain mode. I hope OUAT does not do this but it wouldn’t surprise me.
I know RG has had this theory every Season, but this time I truly believe that Rumple will die by the end of the Season. It was stated pretty clearly in this episode that his plan is to give up the dagger and be reunited with Belle in the afterlife. Perhaps this is why Bobby agreed to sign on, as I could see this being a storyline that he’d be on board with. He’d find this to be a fitting final character arc for Rumple.
Perhaps this is why Bobby agreed to sign on, as I could see this being a storyline that he’d be on board with. He’d find this to be a fitting final character arc for Rumple.
Yes I think they sold him on this story and got one more year with him. So….4 years later I’m finally right?!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Perhaps this is why Bobby agreed to sign on, as I could see this being a storyline that he’d be on board with. He’d find this to be a fitting final character arc for Rumple.
Yes I think they sold him on this story and got one more year with him. So….4 years later I’m finally right?!
Rumple dying in the end and reuniting with Belle in the afterlife would be a beautiful close to both of their stories…especially if by some miracle MRJ would come back just to have a final closing scene with him and Bobby.
Belle’s sendoff was beautiful.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
I thought it was a better ending to a ship than what happened on 702. I honestly enjoyed the flashbacks out of context (I think it’s nonsense that Belle is aging fast while everyone’s la-la-la-ing it in Storybrooke). The only detail missing is Grandchildren.
(Good thing for them that Up exists)."All your questions are pointless"
By the end of Once Proper, I was in the camp that didn’t even want RumBelle back together. After all the lies, and all the crap he’d put her through, I just wanted her to move on and find someone better who deserved her, (even though I knew that wouldn’t happen, because Beauty and the Beast need to be endgame). But this episode totally won me back over to Team RumBelle and just about made me burst into tears.
The fact that he stopped using the Dagger, actually actively tried to throw it away, THANK YOU FINALLY. In a perfect world we’d have seen him get to that place over the last few seasons instead of all the nonsense they had him doing, but at least he got there in the end. I almost lost it when he was shoveling dirt and lifting stones to build their house by hand! He actually became a decent, trustworthy human being, and I’m not mad about Belle ending up with him now, having seen how many years they lived a simple, peaceful, happy life.
My only real quibble is that their house seemed kind of remote, and I’d hope that they didn’t just have each other for company for all those years. Sure, Rumple thinks that people in general can be unbearable, but Belle needs to socialise. But I’m gonna assume that there’s a town nearby, because they certainly didn’t make all that furniture themselves with their own two hands. They must have gone antiquing somewhere nearby. And there was also totally a secondhand bookshop that Belle just adored. Maybe she volunteered there, doing story book readings to groups of little kids over the years.
I enjoyed seeing them still dancing in their little living room even when Belle was old and grey. Having him catch her as she fell after opening the curtains was the PERFECT bookend for their story.
I’m so torn on the timeline. On the one hand, I really appreciated that we got ACTUAL numbers of years mentioned, to give us a sense of exactly what point in time of their lives we were looking at. On the other hand, trying to reconcile the passages of time that Belle referenced with the ages of the other characters kinda make me wanna curl up into a ball and sob.
Rumple dying in the end and reuniting with Belle in the afterlife would be a beautiful close to both of their stories…especially if by some miracle MRJ would come back just to have a final closing scene with him and Bobby.
I will be very disappointed if this is not how the season ends. I imagine Rumple seeing Belle and saying “I’m sorry I took so long” and she sarcastically says “Well, I was getting a little impatient” they embrace and then she says “there is someone who wants to see you” and we see MRJ “Hey Pops” and Then Rumple’s “Bae” the end.
But I’m gonna assume that there’s a town nearby, because they certainly didn’t make all that furniture themselves with their own two hands. They must have gone antiquing somewhere nearby. And there was also totally a secondhand bookshop that Belle just adored. Maybe she volunteered there, doing story book readings to groups of little kids over the years.
I love this!!
I imagine Rumple seeing Belle and saying “I’m sorry I took so long” and she sarcastically says “Well, I was getting a little impatient” they embrace and then she says “there is someone who wants to see you” and we see MRJ “Hey Pops” and Then Rumple’s “Bae” the end.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I thought it was a better ending to a ship than what happened on 702.
Yeah for years the writers have been accused of hating Belle/hating Rumbelle because of the abuse and poor stories hurled at them but when compared side by side the supposed “favorite” ship…. the episodes speak volumes.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
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