Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25536775-20170510235618/@comment-31564770-20170513023607

I think how this curse was cast actually already has been answered: The whole point of the BF stealing kids and making them work in the mines was so she could get a ton of dark fairy dust to make the Dark Curse 2.0, perfecting it. Presumably it needed perfecting cuz the BF was banished before she could add the wolfsbane when she first created the curse in the fairy vault. Thus, it is that imperfect version that has been used throughout the show, and I'd say that you can transport everyone to another realm and basically make them your puppets while they forget who they are (but catch is you have to kill the thing you love most and accept a massive hole in your heart) is a pretty big flaw. Thus I conclude that the entire thing with a heart being an ingredient was the flaw in the curse, because the thing Fiona loved most was also the entire reason she created the curse and killing Rumple defeats the point. Thus, seeing as how the BF has been after dark fairy dust to perfect the curse, I feel like it's reasonable to say that a massive orb of dark dust should be enough to cast the perfect curse, without needing a heart. The only question now is how the BF got her hands on all that dust, seeing as The Whole point of Where Bluebirds Fly was Zelena giving up her magic to foil the BF's dastardly plan of magically nuking SB with dark fairy dust and the destruction of her magic seemed to work. Idk how or when she got that dust, but I do think it should be enough for the perfect curse.