Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20150703211827/@comment-25926288-20150705003115

I think Emma should be the Savior....oh, wait she is! Emma should save herself, because she is the savior and there is no greatest salvation that Emma can do than to save herself and in turn the worlds.

When Regina was sunk into darkness, it was her love that "saved" her or brought her closer to the light. It wasn't philos (brotherly/sisterly love) from Emma or Snow that saved her. It wasn't eros (romantic love) that saved her. It was agape (unconditional love) that saved her. Her unconditional love for Henry eventually brought her closer to the light. And finally it was her faith in herself and hope for a better future that helps her even now.

So, the only candidates for that are Henry and Snow/David. Snow and David's love and solving the issue would leave the greatest impact for the show as a whole. Parents that sent her to her destiny, intolerant of darkness, can love their child even through the darkness and are able to reclaim her. Such a powerful message.

Same was with Rumple. The only thing that made Rumple sympathetic and pulled him to the light was his love for his son (above all else). He loves Belle as well, but Bae was the foremost and more powerful love. You can see that now after Bae has gone that he's quite creepy with Belle, really not sympathetic and has returned to his evil ways.

Disclaimer: Love between spouses and TLs can be as powerful, as well as from a friend or relative.

Hook is a romantic partner of a few months and is a "Belle". There for great advice and wise/cool sayings, but he should not save her because the relationship should not override any others. Strong love, but not yet.

Robin, Belle, et al are irrelevant. Rumple is in a coma.

Regina seems to be the go to answer, but even as a Regina fan, I highly disagree with this choice. I disagreed with the choice in the finale because Regina was in no way the Savior in the AU. She was a hero, but she did not and wasn't going to save anyone. If any claim that, it should be Henry.

From and outside perspective of Regina (which might not be totally fair), Regina's goal early this season was to take away Marian's happiness so that she can be happy. Don't believe me? Watch it again and think about it. Ignore that Zelena is Marian and you'll see. Regina still shows that she is very much in the dark still and is still working out of it. An addict can help another addict try to quit, but that's not usually successful. We saw Regina be successful in stopping Lily's murder, but in the car ride, Regina showed signs that she would have done the same thing to Zelena if it should occur. She was totally being a hypocrite.

Regina may be the secondary main character and amongst the main four (Emma, Rumple, Snow, Regina), but it shouldn't be her especially when she has a sub plot literally growing.

One of the main things with the Dark One is that they aren't usually willing to save themselves and Emma could be the first. Zoso grew tired of his life and deceived another into taking the curse. Rumple has had opportunities to save himself from the curse but shyed away from it. Now, let Emma be the first to give it up willingly and with love (as soon as they find away to destroy or contain it).