Emilie de Ravin: "A darker Belle next season."

[mickey]

I know people keep repeating that, but when was Belle actually anti-magic per se? All I remember was that she wanted to break his curse, not because using magic was a part of it, but because it made Rumple evil. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just missing something.

[PriceofMagic]

I agree, Belle never was anti-magic, her town was relying on Rumple to help them with the ogres. Belle was quite naive when we first met her which led to her being easily manipulated by Regina. Belle being “darker” could mean that she is less naive than before.

All magic comes with a price!

Keeper of Felix

[midnight dreary]

@mickey wrote:

I know people keep repeating that, but when was Belle actually anti-magic per se? All I remember was that she wanted to break his curse, not because using magic was a part of it, but because it made Rumple evil. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just missing something.

No, you’re right. She was never truly anti-magic. She was just against dark magic. More specifically, the magic that turned Rumpel into the Dark One. All she wanted to do was rid him of his curse.

[a chipped cup]

I agree. I think Belle was simply against the dark magic that made Rumpel the Dark One. Magic in general isn’t a bad thing, it just depends on the person and the nature of the magic itself.

[Phee]

Emilie: “Belle will likely not try to change Rumple, but bring out the lightness in him – the part only she seems to know exists within him.

So basically…she’ll try to change him. LOL 😉

I get what she’s saying though, and it’ll be good for his character development to have her around to remind him that he’s not all bad. I guess maybe she’ll be like his conscience, in a way. But she won’t be all sweetness and light because she’s got her own demons to deal with.

[Phee]

I’m thinking that that other quote is a paraphrased version of the answers she gives in the interview that’s on this page: http://blogcritics.org/video/article/in-the-comic-con-2012-pressroom/page-2/ Not quite exactly word for word, but closer than the previously posted quote:

Do you think that Belle will try to change Rumple’s dark ways?

I don’t think she assumes she’ll be able to create a completely different person out of this guy who obviously has a lot of troubles, shall we say. But I think more to the point of actually bringing out the light side of him, and the side that is there that has just been hidden away. She believes she can do that, and hopefully she can.

Will she change to be a darker person?

Who you’re with and who you spend time with obviously affects who you are as a person too, so I’d imagine there’s going to be a certain amount of balance brought back to her maybe, of um, not a dark side maybe, but a side that’s a little less “Belle predictable”, maybe not as optimistic as she usually is about life.

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