ScarlettBeauty

[Phee]

So here we are, watching Rumple disappear into the shadow when Will and Belle kiss, and the kiddo turns to me with a look for deep concentration and goes “So… is Rumple never going to have his happy ending because he’s poor?” I scratch my head, and say “Well, no, he’s only poor outside of Storybrooke.” So she looks at me like I’m thick, and goes “No, I mean because he started off poor.”

Of all the questionable messages this show sends, I hadn’t ever really considered that one, but WOW, out of the mouths of babes, huh!

Seeing as how he’s the topic of this thread, you could add Will as one who “lucked” into fortune as a side effect of being with his true love, (if we only look at things up to the end of WL and don’t consider how he and Ana apparently got torn apart again). Sure, they’d planned to steal the crown jewels to begin with, but they were going after riches because they were starving and sick of living in poverty. If he does reunite with Ana at some point, then he’ll fit in with the gang of rich folk/royals who get their happy endings. If they don’t end up back together, and Belle never goes back to Rumple, Will can chill with Rumple in the corner for impoverish folk who lost their true loves and happy ending.

Sidenote, this discussion, whilst infuriating because it makes me think of problems with the show, does have the silver lining of inspiring me to revisit this…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwcad58w_Fg

[nevermore]

Phee, OMG that video made me laugh so hard… it’s perfect!

If he does reunite with Ana at some point, then he’ll fit in with the gang of rich folk/royals who get their happy endings. If they don’t end up back together, and Belle never goes back to Rumple, Will can chill with Rumple in the corner for impoverish folk who lost their true loves and happy ending.

Who knows, maybe this is all very meta, and it’s in fact the “Author’s” classism that’s interfering with the happy endings 😉 He/she just needs a consciousness-raising exercise.

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