So I’ve seen a bit of the spoilers from the episode and we were right that…
1. Morpheus is the Rumbaby
2. Rumbelle had a dream TLK
3. Morpheus TLK’d Belle awake
4. Emma’s big secret is that she’s gonna dieSo, not bad at figuring out the master storytellers ™, guys.
Obviously I haven’t seen the episode so maybe this is addressed and I haven’t seen it, but why does Rumbaby hate Rumple? Can one week old fetuses hate (or love) anything? They are not cognizant. They are not capable of any thought much less complex emotion. He wasn’t actually like from the future or anything, was he? He just projected himself because it was his and Belle’s shared dream state? Also, since Rumbaby too was technically under the sleeping curse how did he wake Belle up? Can’t two cursed people not break each others curses or is that just fanon? But seriously, why does he hate Rumple already? Like Rumple has made some shitty choices in life, but he tried really hard to be a good dad. Bae’s last words were literally “I love you Papa”. So what’s this all about?
It wasn’t addressed, or at least I don’t think it was, but then it is only episode one. Personally, I don’t think we know enough to answer those questions with anything than theories but I’m always happy to theorize 🙂
Personally I’m not even convinced that was the Rumbaby. There was no distinctive flash for the true loves kiss, so I’m not convinced it was TLK. Plus, I don’t see how the baby could be ‘aware’ enough at this stage of development to even have an immature lashout based on Belle’s half of the story. I think someone might be playing games but we’ll find out I guess 🙂
The promo pictures for next week seem to suggest that Belle isn’t in the dreamworld anymore (that was one of my theories, that maybe her ‘waking up’ was actually a fakeout). I also wasn’t convinced that was Belle’s dreamscape, I thought it might be Rumples because of his cage and other reasons.
However, assuming that everything was real. I’m guessing that Rumbaby hates Rumple because he only has Belle’s half of the story – he’s getting his feelings from her and right now she is reeling. She decided to give Rumple another chance after the events of 4A (when they spent the night together) but they never resolved any of their issues.
Then she got hit with the series of revelations (pregnant, dark one again, Hades has a contract on the baby) and she stumbled around acting on instinct and fear. Went into the sleeping curse and now she’s overreacting. She wants to do what is best for her baby, for the babies future and what could be a bigger cosmic sign than actually hearing a warning from the baby. I’m more surprised Belle just believed it straight away but then she has always been quite reckless, impulsive and ruled by her emotions.
I don’t blame her one bit for her feelings. Rumple and Belle’s relationship is a mess but they both played a part in that, and I support them both. Personally I believe that this show arc is all about a journey towards self-acceptance. It’s playing out graphically for Regina vs the Evil Queen but all characters have that internal conflict. Belle needs some time but I have faith that all will be well in the end, it is after all only episode one 🙂
Plus, Rumple was very adamant about how much he loved Belle and their child, so his motivations are very clear and absolutely stated. So I’m not at all worried about where he stands. Family has always been his goal.
I have to admit though that the waking up scene felt rushed. To be honest I’m wondering if there is going to be a deleted/extended scene from that. It felt like that there was more that was said but not shown, might just have been me though.