Honestly, I'd take what we got over anything else the writers could've come up with. I'm just so done with Rumbelle either quarreling with each other or being separated/attacked by villains and curses all the time, and I don't trust the writers to be creative enough to do anything else with them. I also like the idea of Rumple having to stay in the light without Belle by his side until he finds the Guardian, and then he'd be reunited with her in the afterlife (I actually LOVE that trope, lovers being reunited in the afterlife ). Plus Emilie obviously loves "Beauty". Of course it would be great if she could appear in flashbacks. But I'm sure Belle won't be forgotten in 7B anyway.

And yes, Adam, we're waiting!