Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-97.81.193.97-20130315051304/@comment-174.102.247.43-20130505133906

She realized that she could've had both Power... AND love too. The love part was just because her heart was back inside her body. If she had cat-like reflexes, she could've stabbed Rumple fast enough and she would still have lived. But what snow could've done was to crush Cora's heart, then let Rumple die. Also takes care of two evils at once only for her, twice the guilt and pain of doing dark things.