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The definition of “plot device” can be tenuous.
Was Lacey there to throw a spanner in the works? Sure she was.
But she also served to influence Rumple’s character in such a way that he reached the point we saw him at in the finale…that heartbreaking moment when he resigned himself to death because he had no one left to truly live for, which made his moments of clarity all the more rewarding.
Lacey also assisted in Regina’s journey, because she was an example of how low she’d sunk, that she was resorting to messing with Rumple like that. It was one of several factors in her hitting rock bottom. And she wouldn’t have been able to have her turning point if she hadn’t have reached rock bottom.
For Belle herself, she’s gonna have memories of being Lacey….memories of being pro-magic…which she has to be if she’s gonna cast the spell that Rumple left with her. Would old school Belle have agreed to cast that spell, knowing how magic can corrupt, and had corrupted Rumple? Maybe not. But her Lacey-founded attraction to Rumple’s magic could now serve her well, not just with this spell, but also as some have been speculating, if they bring the enchanted mirror into the storyline in the future.
[adrotate group="5"]Phee makes a really good point. I don’t think plot device is the correct term for Lacey. The BF is a plot device because her appearances are simply used to advance plot without any logic to it (specifically a Dues Ex Machina). Lacey did serve a purpose to the overall plot of Rumple, Regina and even Belle. Maybe it wasn’t the best story or the most well thought out story, but Lacey did serve a purpose.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I really hope that the writers actually *address* Belle’s potential internal conflict with her cursed memories. That would be interesting character development for her. However, they’ve yet to really address how being locked up all those years affected her, so I’m not sure I should get my hopes up- before she lost her memories, she wasn’t much different from how she had been in FTL. I might just have to address it myself in fanfic!
@RumplesGirl wrote:
Phee makes a really good point. I don’t think plot device is the correct term for Lacey. The BF is a plot device because her appearances are simply used to advance plot without any logic to it (specifically a Dues Ex Machina). Lacey did serve a purpose to the overall plot of Rumple, Regina and even Belle. Maybe it wasn’t the best story or the most well thought out story, but Lacey did serve a purpose.
I agree.
@AngieBelle wrote:
I really hope that the writers actually *address* Belle’s potential internal conflict with her cursed memories. That would be interesting character development for her. However, they’ve yet to really address how being locked up all those years affected her, so I’m not sure I should get my hopes up- before she lost her memories, she wasn’t much different from how she had been in FTL. I might just have to address it myself in fanfic!
Me too! I think we’ll get some Lacey/Belle moments where she can’t believe some of the stuff she did or we’ll see Belle do things that only Lacey would have done.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I’m just hoping that Belle gets LOTS of development next season. Her and Neal both. We’ve seen quite a bit of little Bae and quite a bit of FTL Belle development at this point, but both of them have only had a couple episodes in Storybrooke/present time to explore who they have become. We’ve had lots of past & present development with the other members of Henry’s family at this point, but not these two (Hook also needs more development! And yes, TLs regardless of marital status count for me in this world re family).
Season 1 was largely about Snow, Charming, Emma, and Regina; Season 2 focused more on Rumple and Regina, but Hook, Belle, and Neal are all core cast now, too, and all part of the family. So I’m hoping that S3 will really delve into their characters a lot as well as further developing the rest of Henry’s family.
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OK, well I won’t get bogged down with semantics (even though IMHO it was a plot device by the very definition to advance the plot …especially as it has explained that this storyline helped show the lows of Regina and rumple). But yes, I do hope its majorly discussed in S3. I guess that’s when we learn the potential of Lacey’s story and its effects on Belle. Thanks all, for weighing in 🙂
I think the Lacey plot line only makes sense as a hiccup because Lacey wasn’t ‘Dark Belle’: she was just a personality Regina spelled into existence after Belle lost her memory at the town line. Dealing with a doppelganger created problems for Rumplestiltskin, just as Regina intended, but it wouldn’t be logical for actions taken as Lacey to create any major conflict in Belle, since she’d be aware that Lacey had simply been another way for Regina to imprison her. I think at some point she might take issue with Rumple about what he did in an attempt to win Lacey over, though: that would make sense. 🙂
Otoh, I also think it could have made an intriguing longer storyline if the differences between ‘Lacey’ and Belle hadn’t been so immediately obvious.
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