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Titanchamp7 wrote: I agree with all of this. Another good theory I had that I mention about Emma's "rival" is that maybe Romeo and Juliet's story happened long ago, and their child (who was born of true love) turned out to be evil (like Pan and Zelena) and hates Emma for being the "savior", stealing their birthright and maybe was the original "savior" for Rumple to use, or some other reason, and is also extremely powerful due to being the result of true love. I was also hoping for other stories like Hamlet and Macbeth. So basically a "renegade" true love offspring. The idea sounds good, but having Romeo and Juliet as his/her parents seems too... harsh. They did come a long way to earn their peace and happiness - providing Emma did successfully intervened in their family disputes.