Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4453062-20160217065238/@comment-24674051-20160425023419

As I mentioned in the "Sisters" thread in the general discussion, kidnapping Zelena is probably going to go down as one of the dumbest things Rumple has done. That is Hades Girlfriend (and maybe soon to be fiancee?), and Regina's sister. and Regina can easily call on her friendship with Emma, and now Rumple and Pan will have to face the combined forces of Hades, Regina, and Emma. Nothing good can come from that, and I predict a very early departure for Pan (probably into the drink, though maybe into the fire)

Second, the clock was moving out of control, maining that souls were leaving quickly. My guess is that this is the second TLK of the season, which does work to restore Hades heart. and because Emma and Regina helped with Rescuing Zelena, combined with a likely plea from Zelena to allow her new friends to escape, Hades has second thoughts about trapping everyone and tells them what needs to be done. and what needs to be done requires a couple that experiences true love.

So they send Killian and Emma. why those 2? Well, hypothesis. First, David is unavailable because Snow is back in Storybrooke. Second, Henry is disqualified, since there is no true love for him in the UW (Violet may or may not be his True Love, but in either case, she's not inthe UW). Third, Hades is probably disqualified since he can't reach whatever they are defeating, probably because it was set that way by Zeus. 4. Even if Belle and Rumple are true love (which is not confirmed at this point), Belle is out of the picture with the sleeping curse. 5. this may speak to the fact that while Robin and Regina were meant to meet, they are NOT True Love.

Assuming the Killian and Emma succeed, this will also speak volumes about their relationship, confirming, beyond any reasonable doubt, as to whether Killian and Emma are True Love (the suspicion has always been there, that is the direction that the writers have been taking the story, but there has never been 100% confirmation until now). and it is possible that TLK #3 may be at the very end of whatever adventure awaits Emma and Killian, as the final piece to defeat whatever defense mechanism is being overriden.