Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-25375217-20170312051342

Interesting. See, I kind of predicted that the Black Fairy would still be around in the finale since I'm still expecting someone to die this season - and the finale is a much better time for the Black Fairy to take someone down with her dramatically. However, it would make the most sense for her to take out Rumple - but now we know that Rumple is in the works to appear in Season 7 (which doesn't necessarily mean that he will appear if we even get Season 7, but it means that at this point in time - the point in time where the Black Fairy is filming for the Season 6 finale - they're planning on it). And my second pick was Emma, who is also planned for Season 7.

That said, I think the next most likely character to die in the finale would be Belle (and it pains me to say that). Besides the fact that we don't know if they're working on Emilie's Season 7 contract, it would also set up a nice continuation of Rumple's arc, especially if they're keeping Gideon as a grown-up (which I'm hoping will happen). Rumple has failed to keep his love and his son around multiple times in the past, so if Belle were to be killed by the Black Fairy, it would give him the inspiration to be a better man for Gideon (of course, he'll probably fail, but hey - it's the thought that counts... I think...) Belle could still appear as a recurring vision and/or ghost for Rumple to talk to if they want to keep Emilie around (and could even still be a series regular if they really wanted her to be).

That said, the chances of us not getting a death at all are also looking higher. But I'm not sure what the narrative reason for keeping the Black Fairy around this long would be if she wasn't going to kill anyone.