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Fred-V wrote: I think looking at the apple in 3x22 gives Regina the idea of getting the poisoned apple from that witch in the Hansel and Gretel episode, so the apple in 3x22 is probably a normal apple, not the poisoned one.

A little off-topic, but I've been wondering about this and it's 'apple-related': In 1x02 Regina visits Maleficent and she tells her: I gave you the Dark Curse, you gave me the sleeping-curse. So Regina got the sleeping-curse from Maleficent. Then why does she need the poisoned apple from the Hansel-and-Gretel-witch? Because that apple is in fact the sleeping curse... A little consusing if you ask me. Again, I don't think the Poisoned Apple was really the Blind Witch's... And don't you remember when Regina made the Curse for David? It was a potion. My head canon has always been that Regina tried to pour the potion into one of her apples from her tree and it rotted the apple from the inside out, so she had to venture into the jungles and find one of the golden apples of chaos (from Greek mythology. Paris, prince of Troy received one after judging Athena and Aphrodite), which were strong enough to endure such evil magic. There she teamed up with King Tarzan who was the only one who had access to the forbidden garden where the apples lay (that'd be a reference to Adam and Eve). After obtaining one of the apples, Regina would betray him, lock him up in one of her dungeons and pour the potion into the golden apple. The dark magical nature of the curse would then turn the golden apple into a blood red apple.

As for how the Blind Witch would steal it... I still have no head canon to account for that. But the Tarzan thing is really developed because I really want Tarzan on the show.