Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26185015-20150313074618/@comment-2153169-20150313091528

I don't think it is a plot hole.

In the case of Glinda, it is said only a pure heart can enter in her dimension. It just proves that's not because we have a dark secret, our heart cannot be pure. Even if Snow and Charming did something wrong, their heart was pure. Because, as the show proved it, it is impossible to be entirely pure :)

In the case of Echo Caves, it is not their darkest secret but their deepest secret. No quite the same thing. Snow refused to admit she wanted another child at this moment, cos it would prove her life with Emma was a failure, and she completely missed it :)

Then, in the case of the Shattered Sight, the effect is "make people see the worst in their loved ones and turn against each other". Clearly, Snow and Charming do not think this secret is the worst thing in them, and Maleficent was not present. If she was, I think the plot hole would be present. But Maleficent was not here, so I don't think they had a reason to talk about it. Finally, it seemed the worst was about their character, their attitude, not entirely about their actions :)