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I don't know how many people have talked about this but I really need to rant about my theories with Season 4 just around the river bend.

I'll be talking about Marian, and what I think about her. It's my theory that she's simply Season's 4 Fall villain. Who? Probably the new villain announced, who could be the legit Ice Queen (you know, the kidnapper one from the original story).

Know why do I think that? Not only because I'm a hard core Outlaw/Queen fan and Marian is kind of ruining it for me but because it makes sense that Marian is dead. It was implied she died from an illness, and I think it was simply due to magic.

The whole show is about magic never coming free, Rumple even makes a living out of that. When Robin stole the fairy wand, he used it to heal a pregnant Marian. And in theory they lived happily ever after.

Not. As we saw with Neal and Belle, bringing back Rumple cost Neal his life. A life for a life right? Therefore if Robin used the wand to heal a deadly ill Marian and Roland, magic would then need to claim two other lives for the ones that were saved. Except that if only one of them survives... The other's life would be used as compensation. It makes sense for Marian to die for Roland to survive.

Because if magic can simply say oh well, you can save two people you love very much we will look for another two lives somewhere or forget about the price, we are doing a discount, all the rules about magic wouldn't make sense. I mean, everywhere you talk about magic, it's very clear that there is one cardinal rule: a life for a life.

Another thing (bare with me, my recollections are vague) that someone pointed out was that when Emma decides to free Marian, Marian tells her to leave her behind which seems weird when all she wanted was to return to her family.

Something surprising is the fact that Snow White doesn't seem to recognize her at all. I mean, for a woman renown for her kindness and purity, you would think that she would remember someone who saved her life. Especially if she is with a child. Because if that isn't the case, and Marian saved Snow White while they crossed paths, what was she doing without Roland? Off for a walk? Then why the hell did she not inform Robin about meeting Snow White? Did she not trust him?

And last but not least, if the Evil Queen paraded Marian through every village she crossed and probably planned a very public execution, how is it that ROBIN FREAKING NEVER HEARS ABOUT IT? I mean if your wife disappears and you look around for her, I'm pretty sure it would come up during conversation with someone. But Robin never reacts to Regina, doesn't hate her or wish her dead anymore than your average do gooder at the beginning.

So there you have it, Marian isn't Marian, Outlaw/Queen is still happening and Robin will have to grovel for a while if he chooses not Marian over Regina but their love is still true. They are going to have a happily ever after even if it kills them (which knowing the show, could happen). 