Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5821891-20160307122113/@comment-25926288-20160308215201

I won't say the "r" word, so I'll explain why it feels like it can be both.

Mother is obviously before SotD because Robin is married and SotD is before the end of the war and Snow's pregnancy and stuff. However, there is one element that befuddled some. In SotD, Regina makes it seem as she's certain Cora will be banished, but if Mother comes before, Regina should not think that at all as she had the White Rabbit transport her.

So, theory time, Cora used the White Rabbit to go to the EF in Mother and then back. During such time, the WR went underground so that Cora couldn't find him. Cora returns and leaves in SotD. This is when Hat Trick occurs and why Cora needs Jefferson to make a hat to return to the EF. The only way that makes any sense.