Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170728205559/@comment-6175354-20170809132607

Chameleon-Guy wrote: I think Emma could always appear in flashbacks or ghosts visions, or even alive, but it's just that Jen doesn't seem interested in doing more Once... :( The writers originally intended, for Emma to be part of the reboot. They would not have invited Jennifer Morrison to negotiation meetings, had that not been the case. She was the one who chose to leave, causing the writers to change their plans. Think of it as a reversal of what happened in S1. Prince Charming was going to die in the pilot, and Mary Margaret would have been a nun. This changed because Channing Dungey loved Josh Dallas' performance, and thought it was strange to see Snow White without her prince.