Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26340222-20151125173605/@comment-24674051-20151201165722

I have not rewatched yet, but I think when Merida and Arthur see the curse, we get at least a glimpse of the full effect. But they really don't need to show the full effect any more, since we know what it looks like. All they need to do is allude to it, and *gasp* let the viewers imagination fill in the details.

And the fact that it's 'pink' (or some shade of light red) instead of purple just may mean that there may just be a reflection of who put the ingredients together. Pan's curse was green, which alluded to Pan's involvment in that curse. Regina's and Snow's curses were both Purple, probably tied to the fact that they were really both Regina's curses, except for the one key ingredient. The off color may with this latest one may allude to involvement by Merlin, Hook, and Emma.

And I don't think that they have cheapened the curse at all. all 3 (or 4 including pans) were for moving entire realms from the EF environment to Storybrooke. I wonder if SB was always the target destination of the DC, meaning that there may be even more about SB than what has been shown so far.