Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25703966-20141117114535/@comment-25701646-20150322231002

I think it's fully possible. However, the problem I see in there is that part of the alternate story the author had for Regina is her actually going into the bar and meeting Robin Hood. However, had this happened, Roland and Henry wouldn't have been born (possibly not even Emma). Marian doesn't "die" until Regina becomes the Evil Queen. At the point where Tinkerbell shows Regina Robin Hood, Regina's still just Regina (albeit on a downward spiral). Together with the idea that Regina and Robin looked like they were making out pretty intensely, suggests Robin's not married yet (unless he has a habit of mauling random strangers at bars). Robin and Marian wouldn't have had Roland if he had been with Regina (unless, as stated before, he's more of an ass than any of us have seen). Had Robin and Regina been together, Regina would have been happy and wouldn't have become the Evil Queen. Snow White wouldn't have run away, meaning she wouldn't have met Charming and Emma wouldn't have been born, resulting in Henry not having been born.

Now, an alternative way could involve Charming and Snow meeting (after all they're both royalty), falling in love and having Emma anyway. However, then, without Regina casting the Dark Curse, Henry's not born because Emma's never sent away, which means she never meets Neal, so Henry's not born. Or, say Rumple finds someone else to cast the curse, Regina's no longer mayor, which means Henry's born but has a different mother.

Now, Henry's a hero and I could see him sacrificing himself for Regina's happy ending (and as a result, the survival of all the people Regina killed). However, sacrificing his own life, that of his stepish brother, and possibly his birth mother? I doubt it. Of course, he could find ways around them, but doing so would involve altering so many story lines that it makes my head spin. It's more likely it's someone else.