Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20140420035659/@comment-9232373-20140423173422

Hmcooper4 wrote: Actually, in thinking about it, I'm thinking that it might actually be Hook after all. And the heart of the thing he loved most would not be Emma, but the Jolly Roger. There's nothing in the Dark Curse that said it had to be a person, or even a living thing. Just the Heart of the thing that you love Most. And I think we can tell that (even though it bothered him) his love for the Jolly Roger eclipsed even his love of Emma (at least at the time). How the rest of it plays out I'm not sure, and it is a farfetched notion to say the least. Love the Hook theory... except, he is in New York. Regina cast the last curse and even she couldn't leave Storybrooke... and if this curse follows old curse's rules, then Hook would lose his memory as well if he left... but...

...whoever casts the curse gets to set the rules, and maybe this time that isn't a problem. Only person we've seen cross the line was Little John. But after they found him, I don't recall if he said anything to reveal if his memory had changed from crossing the line.

Last curse, Regina let Jefferson keep his memories, so memory loss seems to be up to the caster of the curse... Regina even put limitations on herself in regards to Rumple using the word "please". The caster seems to have great flexibility in the actual conditions of the curse. Whoever cast the curse needed everyone to know who they were, except for the previous year. Zelena seems to remember the previous year, I would imagine she has to in order to complete her plan. So whoever cast the curse needed to be magical and Zelena friendly, or controlled. I still can't count out the Blue Fairy for this one...