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I thought it was confirmed to be Anastasia, because she had powers in a LWM (or am I mistaken?).

I have a theory that Gothel believed the Guardian would be someone pure of heart who would be trapped within a prison (maybe she heard this through a prophecy or something, idk), so she began trapping girls within her tower to see if they had potential. She trapped Rapunzel because, she thought she was the Guardian, I read somewhere Gothel thought Alice could have been the Guardian, so she wanted to keep Hook away because he was a corrupting influence. And Anastasia was trapped in her body, between life and death.