ONCE - Once Upon a Time podcast
Reviews, theories, and talk about ABC's Once Upon a Time TV show
I obviously don’t want her dead either. I love Belle’s character to death and the whole message that the Beauty and the Beast carries.
I mean Belle deserves a happy ending because of all the things her character stands for.
I’m just worried about what the writers might do with her. But they look smart, so maybe there’s a chance.
Let’s hope you are right about her future, not me.
Yeah, you are right that Rumpel is already ruined. We’ve seen his story so far and we know that loads of bad things happened to him. The question is how many more can happen to one person. It’s getting old, I think, and unrealistic. How miserable can he get eventually.
Besides, I think that if any of the villains is about to be redeemed, it’s Rumpel. If none of the villains is about to be redeemed then what’s the point of the whole story. It’s supposed to be a fairy tale, right.
You’ve got a point with Belle. Her storyline is tricky and, as I said, would require some effort on the part of the writers to fit her. That’s why I’m inclined to believe they will take the easier road and kill her off.
As for American televison comment, it’s just an observation I made watching quite a few shows.
Well I don’t think that killing off Belle would be a formative moment for Rumpel.
If it was for the first time that he would lose her, then maybe yes. But he already lost her. He has been mourning her death and feeling guilty for like 28 years or more since then. And then what, he would get her back for a moment just to lose her again. That would crush him, don’t you think. There is a limit to what one character in a book/film can bear. And that would just be too much.
As for Belle. I simply don’t think she deserves it. Such solution wouldn’t do her character justice. She’s a girl who threw away prejudice to love someone and as a result ended up in prison. And the writers would punish her even more for it? I can’t believe it. What kind of message would that be?
But I’ve noticed that in American shows characters are often killed off for random reasons, like writers don’t have ideas what to do with the character or they follow this ” let’s kill someone once in a while” line of thinking.
And the writers of OUAT started their Beauty and the Beast plotline pretty strong, many people loved it. It is probably going to be difficult to match that. It will require some clever writing to fit Belle nicely in the storyline. So it might be safer/easier for the writers to get rid of her. If that’s the case, I will definitely be disappionted, but not surprised.