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was she still hoping that he isn’t really dead? was she reading up on the dark one’s dagger? did she feel the same as she did in episode 312 in the EF when she told Baelfire that “I think we could bring him back”? or did that year that happened in between dampen her hopes? or did she think that he is somewhere with Neal? and why is she in his shop? is she looking for clues for his whereabouts?
[adrotate group="5"]I think it was just a matter of it’s not an easy task to tell someone that the person they are asking about is dead, and she probably doesn’t like having to say it aloud either.
Why was she at the shop? People will always want to make a deal dearie.
Why was she hesitant? She is a logical person and when your world includes magic-defying logic, you are never really sure if your loved one is dead. She is a person full of hope and optimism, and I cant wait to see mroe of Belle and Neal working together.
Magic always comes with a price, so I pay with visa.
She’s hesitant because with the missing year, she saw Rumple die last week.
She’s hesitant because to say it out loud is to make it more real, and she doesn’t want it to be real.
She’s hesitant because on day 1 or 2 in the EF, she’s already telling Neal, “I think we can get him back.” She’s not sure he’s really gone, and every fiber of her being is hoping that he isn’t.
And she’s in the shop because it’s something tangible of Rumple. It probably smells like him, and it’s where they spent significant time together after the curse was broken–it’s where she found him when Jefferson released her, it’s where they were for the End of the World when here memories returned, and where they reunited several times.
We tend to overthink the legal stuff in this show…nobody outside the town is going to enforce US law there. The one who has actual control is the caster of the curse, though the sheriff and authorities from the EF (Hi Charmings) do have some sway. And if the caster of the curse doesn’t care that much (or doesn’t dare fight it–ie, Rumple arranging for Belle to have the library; what’s Regina gonna do in early season 2, hm?), then it’s not far off anarchy. If Belle wants to run Gold’s shop to keep him alive in some manner, nobody but Zelena’s gonna stop her at this point (especially since the background stuff suggests that most of the town actually likes her).
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@ sage of earth… I really like your theory that Neal is the one who gave her hope. without him saying that maybe Gold is not dead she wouldn’t think of that possibility…
@keb, youre right. it doesn’t have to be legal… I liked her as the librarian, and was disappointed when Henry went get a book, but I prefer that she takes care of his shop, because it gives off such sad rumbelle feels…..I can see what they are trying to do here… the parallel of how Rumpelstiltskin told Charming “she died” and she tells Zelena “he died” but I think this is not that good a parallel because when she died he loved her dearly but they didn’t know each other the way they do now.
the relationship between them is so different. the pain she feels is so much more enormous than the pain he felt when he thought she died…
plus she “saw” him die and he saved her life in the process and oh the feels are so much stronger this time, that when she says that he died… it’s doesn’t really parallel at all…
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