Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26967699-20171010215816/@comment-25926288-20171010231138

Emma was always suppose to live. Because Emma was the “Greatest Light” and as the Savior archetype, she’s return to life. Can’t actually not give a pass on the magic system in this part. They were in a plot hole and they had to try to fill it—so TLK to the rescue.

Emma surviving was the point that as the Greatest Light, she’d conquer prophecy and all to provide hope.

If Emma died, then it would say “Oh, you had hope, but sometimes it doesn’t work”, but that was pretty much every villain and dead heroe’s story and Emma was the leadin figure against that.