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Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Bafa wrote: My only guess is that either Cora used a frogetting potion on him or a cloaking spell on herself. But don't try to find any reason about them recognizing eachother. "Bleeding Through" was an after thought that the writers didn't know how to explain properly. These are the same writers who knew a season in advance that they wanted Cora to be the Queen of Hearts and got Barbara to voice her in "Hat Trick". Also the same writers who told Lana on the set of the Pilot about Daniel. (Even though Pilot has that nasty little retconned line of "she poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her!") I think they had the Cora/Leopold thing planned for a while now, and just didn't execute it properly during The Stable Boy, because all the hints are there in season 2. And some in season 1.

They decided to use Daniel in the second episode, not the first, hence the line "she poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her!" and maleficent telling Regina "Weren't you the same age when you were supposed to marry before Snow White ruined it all" or something similar. Also, Lana was told to act as if Regina hated Henry, they decided to change it after. that's why Emma stayed, because when Emma asked Regina whether she loved Henry, she lied to Emma and Emma Figured it out because she has that "super power" bullshit...

My point is They didn't plan everything at the start. I am sure they did some parts but not all. If they had, the show would have been more consistent with less plot holes and retcones.