THIS, right here, is as accurate a representation of what Rumpelstiltskin and his BA fans do to Belle whenever she stands up to him/fights back against his gaslighting,stalking, and just overall physically violating behaviors.
I shudder to think how much harder they’re going to do it when the show returns and she’s not with Rumple for one reason or another. IT’S SICK. And they ought to be ashamed of themselves.
A couple examples that come to mind are violetfaust, who characterizes Belle’s trying to escape with her baby as “running away from her problems” (I wonder what she would tell a friend looking for help trying to flee a stalking ex-husband); oceanofdarkness who victim-blames Belle EVERY TIME she stands up for her agency because it apparently contributes to Rumple’s “abandonment issues” (as if that’s Belle’s responsibility to sacrifice her happiness to appease and, you know, not Rumple’s to get help for).
This is IN ADDITION to her victim-blaming of Neal for not falling straight into his father’s arms when they were first reunited, because it’s unreasonable of him to still be mad that he spent 200 years alone in hellish Neverland because of his father choosing power over him, and then another 30-odd years fending for himself on the streets. Don’t get me started on the hissy fit she threw at poor Wendy, a 13-year girl trapped in a cage for 100 years, under the control of a sociopath who regularly pitted children against each other and, in her special case, was threatening to execute her brothers at any given time if she didn’t do what he said. All purely because Neal gave her a hug when they were first reunited (having no idea at that time about Pan’s plan with Henry) but didn’t do the same for the man who wanted to turn him back into a fucking child 5 minutes into their reunion. Fucking sickening.
There are plenty others who also go around trolling every pro-Belle confession post, working overtime trying to present BELLE as an emotional abuser. Because they read Rumple as having mental illness (even though they are not trained psychologists and are not fit to diagnose that, never mind that the writers have never acknowledged this to be the case) they think that this is some protective ‘bubble’ to shield him from his victims ever fighting back/calling him out when he’s being a sniveling, power-mad piece of shit. Even in Belle’s case when she’s only done it to try and get him to stop threatening their unborn baby (not that these people care about context, mind you. In fact I don’t even think they pay attention to the show unless Bobby’s crying and they can wank over his cracking voice and quivering lips).
Jesus, even onceandfuturekiki, who likes to act as if she’s some sort of ‘authority’ on fandom misogyny, perpetuates the exact same types of behaviors by arguing that because Rumple never verbally ‘insults’ Belle (I’d call issuing threats and accusing her of ‘childish fantasies’ for not compromising her values to be with someone who likes being Dark and refuses to stop killing people insulting, but whatever), he’s not actually an abusive husband. Never mind all the lying, gaslighting, stalking, threatening, nearly poisoning her, touching her without her consent, putting a tracking device on her like a dog, etc. Nope, not remotely abusive. Right.
All of these users also like to present Belle as having been been ‘unreasonable’ for the times last season where she rejected Rumple even when he “finally did what she asked and acted good”. Never mind that he managed to fool her before with the “look at me, I’m Team Good Guy now!” act and maybe, oh I don’t know, she was terrified as hell of getting burned again. Never mind that either way, she had ZERO responsibility for taking him back even if she just simply didn’t want his sparkly ass anymore, because her body and affections do not exist as a reward for his good behavior.
It kills me that the writers acquiesced to the demands of people like ^these and had Belle fall back into her abuser’s arms AGAIN in the finale. Thankfully they’re going to have to undo all that somehow by the beginning of next season; unfortunately it’s probably going to be off-screen. Although maybe it’s fortunate after all, because we know these people like to troll any pro-Belle gifset to make her look like a psycho every time she tries to get away from her stalker. Maybe having it happen off-screen with little explanation will give them little to twist to make her look like the bad guy. I can only hope.
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