Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26307323-20150503034043

I think that we are not really realizing about the implications of the Author writing new happy endings.

For instance, if the author wrote Regina's inital happy ending (based on the page Robin found) so that she went into that tavern, then her and Robin would have been together, she never would have turned evil, the curse never would have been cast, Snow and Charming would have lived happily ever after in their lives and Emma would have grown up in the enchanted forest. Lily never would have been abandoned and so her and Maleficent would be together. Henry would have never been born. Also, if Zelena was still envious, it would have been different because her envy would stem from Regina's happy ending, not her training with Rumplestiltskin obvioiusly. In fact, it's likely she never would have met Rumple and would still be in Oz, white as rice; possibly even living among the sisters and ruling the West; good as good gets.

Even if we say, "he'll just write Regina so that she ends up with Regina now," that still will change a lot. I don't think they're really realizing it's not quite as simple as "oh write me this new story". There's a lot more that goes into it.

Just a thought... 