Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6036560-20161024024732

Hi, everyone. I haven't been very active on the wiki lately, but I've got a theory about Emma's death that I would love to share.

So from what we've seen in Emma's visions, she is fighting a hooded being, and she is stabbed. And that's just it. We don't see her fall to the ground dead or anything. We see her parents and Hook running towards her, but no Regina. Emma seems to take this as Regina will kill her. However, tonight's episode may have shined some more light on this. Basically, my theory is that it is not Emma who dies, but Regina disguised as Emma.

First of all, in tonight's episode, we see the Evil Queen disguise herself (pretty convincingly) as Archie. I don't recall if this has ever been seen before, but if not, this is a huge hint. Regina could easily be pretending to be Emma. Why, you ask? Well, last week we saw that the only way to kill both halves is to kill the original. Regina would be tricking her evil half into killing her. When she turns back into herself after being stabbed, she'll say "Gotcha!", much to the Evil Queen's horror as they both die.

The Golden Shears could also play a big role in this. Say Emma ends up cutting her fate. The fate could just as easily fall to Regina, still allowing this vision to play out. This could also play nicely into Robin's return, as he could inspire Regina to accept her role as a Savior and help save Emma. It could even be a similar role to Daisy from Agents of SHIELD, where she is kind of a death seeker as a result of losing Robin.

Let me know what you think of my theory below! 