Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141006180403/@comment-24936039-20141015192809

Speculation on why Marion was turned into a Marionberry Popsicle by Auntie Vanilla:

1) Auntie Vanilla has a PUNny side, and she needed a victim to frame Elsa, so the motive and opportunity presented itself (she could of also tried to freeze Robin and/or Roland instead... but did not).

2) Auntie Vanilla chose Marion because she was aware of the Regina/Robin/Marion triangle and thought that in not only framing Elsa (for reasons unknown yet) but also as a means to get into the good graces of Regina for removing her rival. (Side note:  Regina has TWICE saved Marion - From being stomped by Marshmallow the snowman and by removing her heart to keep it from the frozen curse. Also Regina stayed Sydney's eagerness to kill off Marion as well. Does this mean that Regina is trying her best to be a Hero or at least not a Villain?)

3) Marion is FATED to die.  She escaped (inadvertently) death being taken to the present by Emma... now the 'scales' of life/death is out of balance...  (Remember that in the original timeline and altered timeline, the bridge trolls were turned into bugs and squished...).  It was due to FATE that Auntie Vanilla cursed Marion instead of someone else (and she had lots of opportunities to cast the frozen curse on others).