Rumple and Belle could’ve been a great love story
Thinking about the flashbacks we got of Rumplestitltskin and Belle from season 1 of OUAT, to me, they actually felt like Prince Adam and Belle from Disney Beauty and the Beast as we got a built up towards their relationship and it felt like a perfect adaption of that movie.
With its own twist and turns as Rumplestiltskin was an amalgamation of many different characters from Grimm Fairytales and Disney, of course; and Belle feeling like a stronger character in the first season when compared to her animated counterpart. Which made the story itself more stronger and powerful.
But as the seasons progressed, it just seems like the writers didn’t know what to do with Rumple and Belle and they just went in a separate direction that made their story drift away from Disney Beauty and the Beast story if that makes sense. The story lost its identity.
Rumple kept on being hunger for power and was very emotionally abusive to Belle, and Belle just lost a sense of self and respect. They weren’t the same characters as they once were in season 1.
While the animated version of beast, who would act outrageous at times and would lose control of himself like Rumple, always came back to his senses and tried to the best he could when it comes to protecting Belle from the likes of Gaston or the mob, who wouldn’t trust in Belle or trust Belle being with Beast. And Belle was head strong and knew right from wrong due to the way she was raised by her father and what she learned from reading all the books that she read.
And it seems like that was the direction the writers were setting up during season 1 when we first see them meet. Rumple would act outrageous and power hungry at times with him being the dark one, but protected Belle no matter the cost.
And through Belle conversations with Regina, Hook, and other characters, she would learn to set boundaries for herself and understand when enough is enough if things got rough between her or Rumple, but no matter what Rumple and Belle gone through individually or together as a couple throughout the first couple of seasons, they felt like they had a love and connection that made Rumbelle as a couple feel special and work.
But sadly after season 1 or season 3, the writers stopped understanding what made Rumbelle great and just ruined the couple for drama that wasn’t really needed.
Thinking about the flashbacks we got of Rumplestitltskin and Belle from season 1 of OUAT, to me, they actually felt like Prince Adam and Belle from Disney Beauty and the Beast as we got a built up towards their relationship and it felt like a perfect adaption of that movie.
With its own twist and turns as Rumplestiltskin was an amalgamation of many different characters from Grimm Fairytales and Disney, of course; and Belle feeling like a stronger character in the first season when compared to her animated counterpart. Which made the story itself more stronger and powerful.
But as the seasons progressed, it just seems like the writers didn’t know what to do with Rumple and Belle and they just went in a separate direction that made their story drift away from Disney Beauty and the Beast story if that makes sense. The story lost its identity.
Rumple kept on being hunger for power and was very emotionally abusive to Belle, and Belle just lost a sense of self and respect. They weren’t the same characters as they once were in season 1.
While the animated version of beast, who would act outrageous at times and would lose control of himself like Rumple, always came back to his senses and tried to the best he could when it comes to protecting Belle from the likes of Gaston or the mob, who wouldn’t trust in Belle or trust Belle being with Beast. And Belle was head strong and knew right from wrong due to the way she was raised by her father and what she learned from reading all the books that she read.
And it seems like that was the direction the writers were setting up during season 1 when we first see them meet. Rumple would act outrageous and power hungry at times with him being the dark one, but protected Belle no matter the cost.
And through Belle conversations with Regina, Hook, and other characters, she would learn to set boundaries for herself and understand when enough is enough if things got rough between her or Rumple, but no matter what Rumple and Belle gone through individually or together as a couple throughout the first couple of seasons, they felt like they had a love and connection that made Rumbelle as a couple feel special and work.
But sadly after season 1 or season 3, the writers stopped understanding what made Rumbelle great and just ruined the couple for drama that wasn’t really needed.