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The Final Proof

*A lot of people have come up with this theory, but it’s so perfect I had to write it down.

They say you learn the most from your mistakes. Mine came as I was watching “Murder Most Foul” and Charming said this:

I hadn’t really been paying enough attention to realize that he was talking about the sleeping curse that the Evil Queen had placed on him and Snow, so my mind immediately went to: What other curse needs to be broken? Luckily for me there is another curse that needs to be broken. Many of you know this, but it’s the curse that is keeping everyone in Storybrooke.

What we don’t realize is which part of the curse is still active. It’s not the dark aspects of the Dark Curse - that was broken by Emma as was prophesied/dictated by Rumpelstiltskin. No, it’s the other part that the pesky imp created that is trapping everyone here still.

The Savior curse. Think about it. The only reason Emma Swan is the Savior is because Rumplestiltskin made it so. In theory, Emma was no longer supposed to be the Savior after she broke the Dark Curse. Everyone was supposed to go back to where they were from, but that didn’t happen. Which means what? That portion of the curse, that tiny little drop, is a curse all in itself, and it too needs to be broken. When it is, Emma’s fate as the Savior will be broken; she will live.

Now you ask: But Emma was given the Shears of Destiny or whatever to cut herself from her fate and no longer be the Savior and she didn’t take it!

Well, we know how Rumple’s curse works right? A pair of pretty scissors wouldn’t break this curse because only one person has that power: Emma herself.

We’ve come full circle. Once upon a time Adam and Eddy pitched the idea that the curse would take seven years to fully break. Now we’ve reached that point. Once Emma breaks the Savior curse, Rumple’s spell that he placed on her life will break. Her Hero’s Journey will be complete, and she will return to her life in the real world, where no one needs her to protect them.

(I’ll come back to this in a minute)

So we know what needs to happen. Here I take it a step further and answer:

How?

It turns out that we have that answer too:

Ah yes. True Love. Here’s where I know I’ll lose half of you because “Once Upon a Time is obsessed with Captain Swan. Why can’t you see that, you’re blinding yourself, stop perpetuating nonsense, wake up blah blah blah blah.”

Well, I’m going to counter that with: Why is Emma still the Savior then? If Once Upon a Captain Swan is genuinely the entire point of this show, why is Emma still fated to die?

Answer: You can’t break a curse where you’re the Savior of the fairytale characters with one of the said fairytale characters.

Here you respond again with: “Well, Smartypants, you call yourself a Swan Queen shipper, but you’ve just contradicted yourself. You think the Evil Queen can break the curse with Emma? She’s a fairytale character too!”

Well, reader, you are very clever indeed. But shall I provide you with my next exhibit:

While it was super fun to watch, Split Queen was not just done for the optics. It was a setup for endgame. The Evil Queen may be a fairytale character, but Mayor Regina Mills (like Emma and Henry) is a completely original creation of our world. Which means, like Emma, the daughter of Prince Charming and Snow White, she can live a completely normal life outside of the Enchanted Forest.

I was trying to figure out the purpose behind bringing Wish Robin Hood back, and this line really explains it:

The writers are priming us for a much bigger version of this concept. Robin is the first test of the portal system. Will it allow someone who isn’t supposed to be “real” stay in the “real world”? We know Storybrooke, by our standards, isn’t a real place, it’s a refuge for fairytale characters from many realms, so it makes sense that he passes the test in this case, but what about Regina? Will she, a person who isn’t supposed to be real, be allowed to live somewhere like Boston or New York if Storybrooke doesn’t exist. This first trial proves that yes, she will be able to because something about her is connected to our world (that thing is literally the writers themselves). They have Regina grapple with this issue- Why was wish Robin able to come here?- because she’s next, and she needs to know that she’ll be okay when she tries to stay in this world.

If Regina remains unconnected to the Evil Queen, she should be able to help Emma break the curse and remain in this reality. Will it really be True Love’s Kiss that frees Emma from the Savior Curse and sends everyone to where they belong?

I would hope.

I also hope that I’ll find $2000 on the street tomorrow, but that doesn’t mean it’ll happen.

But it’s certainly the most reasonable solution since literally every curse is broken with True Love’s Kiss…

Have you ever wondered why there’s never been a True Love’s Kiss with Emma & her parents or Emma with Hook? Perhaps part of that is because True Love’s Kiss can only work with people who are from the same reality. Since Regina had True Love’s Kiss with Henry, that means she’s a part of his reality. Part of her belongs in our world. Emma has never shared True Love’s Kiss with Hook because he isn’t a part of her reality. He’s still a fairytale character. They can get married, she can choose that life, but that means she will remain tied to her fate as the Savior. She will always be connected to the Fairytale world. She will eventually die for them.

But if somehow, Regina Mills is Emma’s true True Love; if two “real people” who were created in this world- Emma Swan the bail bonds person, and Regina Mills the Mayor- shared True Love’s Kiss (not saying they’ll make it gay like they should) then the entire curse could be broken.

I just don’t see any other way they could go with this. The show has always foreshadowed that Storybrooke isn’t supposed to last.

We know there’s going to be a “reset” for the show…

And we know that Regina is no longer connected to the Evil Queen. Everything is setting up for the fairytale characters to return to their world.

But what happens next?

A good story always comes full circle, but the hero returns home with more knowledge and is in a better place. Odysseus goes on a crazy journey with a bunch of messed up shit but eventually makes it back home. Dorothy wishes she could experience life over the rainbow, but when she does, she learns that there’s no place like home. Harry Potter steps onto Platform 9 ¾ for the first time alone, and in the last book he steps on with a family. So if in the Pilot we see Emma in her lonely Boston apartment, wishing on a star to no longer be alone, it only makes sense that the last time we see her, she’s in her Boston apartment but she isn’t alone- she has a family.

We know Henry will be a part of that family, but it’s safe to assume that Regina will be there too, because of this promise:

Unfortunately all magic comes with a price, and my prediction is that price will be that everyone forgets that any of this ever happened.

I’m grounding this theory in the fact that the last time there was a reset, that happened to half of the parties involved: Emma and Henry 

In that scenario, the Dark Curse was destroyed. The Dark Curse’s purpose was to create Storybrooke, so once it was gone, Emma and Henry forgot that Storybrooke ever existed… But everyone in the Enchanted Forest still remembered Emma and Henry because the Savior Curse still existed- they all remembered the Savior. They were able to go back and get her and recreate the bridge between our worlds because Emma was still the Savior. Once the Savior Curse is gone, everything will be wiped out. Everyone will forget that the Savior existed, and why she existed. All the fairytale characters will return to their world where their stories will play out, and all the characters from our world will begin to lead a normal life.

That life for Emma and Regina could very well be together. It’s not guaranteed, but it would certainly explain why the writers have made an effort to keep Emma and Regina apart in Storybrooke while maintaining a certain amount of tension between them- because their story isn’t meant to play out in Storybrooke. It would also explain why it’s not a topic of conversation for any of the writers or actors- it’s a major plot point,  and talking about it would be a spoiler. Lastly, Adam Horowitz said himself that they weren’t queerbaiting:

If they’re planning on having Regina be a part of Emma’s new life free from the Savior curse, then technically this isn’t a lie.

But could they make it so that Emma and Regina’s relationship is merely as platonic co-parents in the real world? Of course. But at the end of the day we would still be right: Swan Queen would still technically be endgame, and it’s still a hell of a lot better than Captain Swan.

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“But he’s different, now. He’s changed somehow.” {Beauty and the Beast} // “The old Regina would’ve reduced this building to ashes. That’s a woman who wants to change.” {Ouat 2x10}

I had to

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─ M.H.

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My life was never just one story. It was many stories. To some, a villain. I hurt people, in ways I can never make up for. To others, I’m a hero. They’ve seen my strength, my ability to do the hard things, even when I thought I couldn’t.

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50 days of regina mills [20/50]

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The higher your cloud, the further your rain falls; [remake of x]

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I know you, Emma.

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The beauty of the Queen

Regina Mills: Face Appreciation —> 156/∞

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2.03 || 6.10 requested by @mmisery

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– she chose to burn, and love, and burn.

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Reblog if you love Lana Parrilla.

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Swan Queen fanfics that were/will be published

Our Little Accident by FanfiChic - buy here The Return by Ana Matics - buy here Popcorn Love by Chrmdpoet - buy here Flight SQA013 by CurvyPragmatist - buy here  (sequel to Flight SQA013 - Grounded - buy here) Coffee at Midnight by Violetscented - will be published in 2017 Shadow Haven by Delirious_Comfort - will be published in 2017 Ce train, cette place, cette femme by EvilQueen3381 (French) - buy here Confidante’s Diary by Sedgie (French) - buy here  Meet Me Halfway by hunnyfresh (French) - will be published in 2016

(please note that the titles of the books might be different than the ones of the original fanfics) Published books inspired by Swan Queen The Red Files by Lee Winter - buy here Wachgeküsst by Ruth Gogoll (German) - buy here French books by Kyrian Malone & Jamie Leigh - buy here Déteste-moi tant que je t’aime Escort Girl Gina La Reine et la Voleuse (series of 3 books) Love is Weakness Madame Queen Sisters Survivors Sentiment troublant  (series of 2 books)

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Emma Swan in S1 || Regina Mills in S3B

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Reasons why we ship Swan Queen (pt.2)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WDwiwIKWA)

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the hero to my villain, the light to my dark, the yin to my yang

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The Legend of the Necklace

Okay, so if you know my blog, you might know I’m obsessed with this necklace.

First seen on Emma in the Enchanted Forest when she traveled to the past with Hook.

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Then repeatedly seen on Regina from late season 4 well into season 5, when she vows to protect Emma from becoming a monster and follows through with it.

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In season 4 she wears it in combination with the infamous “Snow-lookalike” ring and then in season 5 the ring seems to disappear as the necklace remains.

The Snow/ Charming/ Ruth True Love Ring

Originally belonging to Ruth, Charming’s mother and believed to lead anyone who obtains it to their true love. The ring is vital to Snow and Charming’s love story. It’s what Charming was to use to propose to Kathryn, who he did not love. It’s also what Snow steals from Charming that makes him want to find her. Only for him to see the ring on her finger and realizing that he’s falling in love with her. When he loses track of her, he uses the ring to find her.

As Emma travels to the past, to the time of her parents meeting, Snow drops the ring as she attempts to steal it from her true love, Charming. Emma picks it up, ending in a proposal pose in front of Hooke. She then runs off with the ring which leads her directly to Regina. Which is basically what Charming did. I’m just saying.

Regina is then seen wearing a similar ring in seasons 1-4, which is eventually joined and then seemingly replaced by the necklace. This remains to be seen. But that’s what it looks like so far.

The Origin of the Necklace

The necklace is magicked around Emma’s neck by Rumple along with a princess dress, for her to go to king Midas’ ball in.

Rumple, who turned Regina into a monster by making a deal with Victor and Jefferson that ultimately took any hope from Regina to get Daniel back. And therefore in her mind any hope for love and happiness. It directly led to Regina’s first heart-rip and crush, a turning point towards darkness for Regina. (I’ll get back to this in a second.)

Rumple, who also imbued the original True Love Ring with magic that allowed Charming to find Snow.

Emma is eventually captured by the Evil Queen in the past and the Evil Queen spends a significant amount of time staring at her neck and chest area during their conversation. Which tells me she saw the necklace. It’s important to note that Emma is currently under a glamour spell going by the name and face of Leia to keep the Evil Queen from recognizing Emma roughly 29 years later the moment she steps foot in Storybrooke.

The next time we see Emma, she’s in the clothes of a peasant in the dungeon the Evil Queen ordered Emma to be taken to when she was still dressed as a princess. The necklace is not there.

The next time we see it it’s around Regina’s neck as she vows to keep Rumple from turning Emma into the monster he turned her into. Something Rumple fully plans to do. And wants Regina’s help with. She then follows through with this promise and is seen wearing the necklace in every instance in Storybrooke where she protects Emma, keeps her from letting her magic turn her dark. 

All of this tells me the Evil Queen confiscated the necklace, along with everything else Emma had been wearing when she captured her. Now, she could have burned it all, but given that it shows up about 30 years later around her neck, I’d say it’s safe to say that’s not the case. 

The Evil Queen also seems like the sentimental type to keep tokens of her victims, not for pleasure as the usual psychopath does, but maybe in order to remember them as best she can, to remember what she did to them. To torture herself. Kind of the way Hook still wears the rings to remind him of the people he’s wronged.

But now, maybe a symbol that was meant to be one of pain, of having trapped yourself in a life you didn’t want and all of its horrible consequences, instead became one of hope. Kind of like Charming’s ring did for Charming when it became Snow’s.

I originally thought that Emma had taken the necklace with her to the future and gave it to Regina as a token of their friendship. Now I think Regina stole it and kept it, much like Snow stole David’s ring. Hell, maybe she even found it in her things and meant to give it back to Emma, but Emma told her she could keep it. As a token of their friendship.

I mean, why not, if Charming proposed to Snow with a ring she originally stole from him. And there’s a necklace that was first seen around Emma’s neck 30 years ago, then most likely confiscated by the version of Regina that existed then only to show up around her neck 30 years later.

It tells me that this necklace is important and could possibly be Emma and Regina’s symbol of their connection specifically, mirroring Snow and Charming’s True Love Ring.

Bonus: Emma had traveled to the past with Hook when she allegedly lost her necklace to Regina. Just as David was traveling with Kathryn when he lost his ring to Snow.

If I’m right about this then it’s no wonder they changed Snow and Charming’s original True Love Story. In order to accommodate Emma and Regina’s. Because if I’m right then Emma and Regina’s first meeting in time, will have been between the Evil Queen and Emma and now parallels Snow and Charming’s both in when and how it happened.