Belle French

Character
Name:	Belle; Belle French; Lacey
Occupation:	Librarian, ; formerly Castle servant
Relationships:	daughter of Sir Maurice; ; formerly betrothed to Gaston; ; in love with Rumplestiltskin; ; friends with Ruby, Mulan and Prince Phillip
Fandom:	Once Upon A Time
Other:	Played by the actress Emilie de Ravin
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	Contents 1 Canon; 2 Fandom 2.1 Pairings 2.1.1 M/F; 2.1.2 Femslash; ; 2.2 Common Tropes & Themes; 2.3 Terminology; 2.4 Challenges; ; 3 Notable Fanworks 3.1 Fanfiction; 3.2 Fanart; 3.3 Fanvids; 3.4 Meta; 3.5 Other; ; 4 Archives and Communities; 5 Resources; 6 References;

Belle is one of the main characters on Once Upon A Time. She is one of the only characters that keeps her name during the Dark Curse.

Canon

She is considered the Beauty in the Beauty and the Beast fairytale.

Fandom

Belle quickly became one of the more popular characters in the OUAT fandom when it was announced she would be appearing on the show.^[1]

She's somewhat of a Little Black Dress, especially amongst sapphic fans viewing her interactions with other women as being a little gay. Ruby Lucas and Ariel are the two most obvious examples of this, though it also applies to other characters like Zelena, or Emma.

Pairings

M/F

Belle/Rumplestiltskin ("Rumbelle") - canon and most popular pairing
Belle/Captain Hook ("Captain Beauty")
Belle/Baelfire ("Bellefire")

Femslash

Belle/Ruby ("Red Beauty") - most popular femslash pairing
Belle/Ariel ("Mermaid Beauty")
Belle/Emma Swan ("Swan Beauty")
Belle/Regina Mills ("Beauty Queen")
Belle/Zelena Mills ("Wicked Beauty")

Common Tropes & Themes

Terminology

Beauties is the name for fans of Belle.

Challenges

Belle Appreciation Week

Notable Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfiction

Fanart

Belle by samanthadoodles
Once Upon A Time- Belle by snoprincess
once upon a time by audreymolinatti
Once Upon a Time: Belle by Viscountess-Vesper
Belle by ImperfectSoul

Fanvids

Other

Belle Once Upon A Time: Same But Different, cosplay by JoanneDelany

Archives and Communities

Belle fanworks at AO3
Belle works at FFN
Belle tag at Once Upon A Time Fanfic

LiveJournal Communities

Spinning Tales (Rumple/Belle)

Resources

References

^ Once Upon a Time Season 1 Episode 12 Skin Deep - Belle's first appearance on the series

[1] Once Upon a Time Season 1 Episode 12 Skin Deep - Belle's first appearance on the series

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Character
Name:	Belle Belle French Lacey
Occupation:	Librarian, formerly Castle servant
Relationships:	daughter of Sir Maurice; formerly betrothed to Gaston; in love with Rumplestiltskin; friends with Ruby, Mulan and Prince Phillip
Fandom:	Once Upon A Time
Other:	Played by the actress Emilie de Ravin
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.
Contents 1 Canon 2 Fandom 2.1 Pairings 2.1.1 M/F 2.1.2 Femslash 2.2 Common Tropes & Themes 2.3 Terminology 2.4 Challenges 3 Notable Fanworks 3.1 Fanfiction 3.2 Fanart 3.3 Fanvids 3.4 Meta 3.5 Other 4 Archives and Communities 5 Resources 6 References