Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20170417104929/@comment-5679696-20170417172947

- How could this mcguffin flower grow in a land without magic? It was clearly explained in the episode. The pixie flowers grow in presence of the darkest magic. The Dark Curse IS the darkest magic we've seen up until the Black Fairy came, and the curse's magic IS present in Storybrooke throughout the 28 years (it still is). Besides, it is not any mcguffin, it has been used in previous arcs.

- Why does it have the ability to break THE CURSE OF ALL CURSES when it was prophesized that Emma is the only one who could do it? The flower does not have the ability to break the Dark Curse, it just counters the memory wiping magic. They were still trapped in Storybrooke and frozen in time. They wouldn't have aged or been able to be happy.

- '''Why is it so hard to believe Hook has an obsession about someone else? He spent centuries avenging his previous paramore?''' There's a big difference between seeking revenge for a lost cause and seeking to be reunited with a living person.

- Why didn't Snowing raise Emma until she was 28 and then bring her to Storybrooke in order to break the curse? Why didn't you tell them they could? Because no one did. They had no way to know that they'd even be transported to a town in a different world. For all they knew, they could just get trapped inside a dandellion or a snowflake.

- Is there anything this flower can't do? It can't break the Dark Curse, and quite possibly it can't break the Sleeping Curse either.

- Why did Emma choose to go to Hook and not wake her parents? Because unlike her parents, she is a selfish person. Always has been and always will be. I'm not criticizing the character, but all she's done so far was in her best interest and nobody else's.

- Why Tiger Lily stayed behind where a bunch of kids want to kill her? Because the door closed to quickly, or because she didn't care.

- Are the people who came to the town hall the only people who remained in this town? No, they are not. They're the ammount of people Regina calculated would be necessary for the Sleeping Curse not to have any permanent effect when shared.

- If it was a long time ago why was David so upset few episodes earlier? People change their minds all the time. David has been alone for some weeks now, and he doesn't wish Emma to suffer the same thing, so he put his daughter's happiness first.

- '''He has his mother in him, but where is his mother? Why haven't they talked just the two of them? I mean Gideon has mommy issues that Belle can fix them.''' Gideon's free will is extremely limited by the Black Fairy.

- '''What about Snowing's baby? Why isn't he being taken into consideration when they decide to "sacrifice" themselves for Emma's BF?''' They're not sacrificing themselves for Emma's bf, but rather Emma herself. They know their baby will be well cared for, and it's not like the weren't ready to give up their first baby for the good of others.

- Why the gang never thought to look for the magic flower in season 2 when Emma and Snow were in the EF or in season 3 when Henry was in Neverland or in season 5 when Emma was in Camelot? The magic flower only grows in the presence of extremely Dark Magic, that which not even the power of all the combined Dark Ones compares to.