Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26116863-20150719044016

I know that she's presumed dead since she seemed to die in The Millers Daughter, but as we have seen with Zelena, seemingly dead characters can and do come back. So why is it that everyone assumes that her appearence in Mother is before the original curse? Why couldn't she have returned somehow and gone back in time to try to make things right with her daughter, something she would undoubtably want to do now that she has her heart back.

I've been wondering about this ever since the episode aired, but I didn't have time to post about it until now. The way she was acting in the episode seemed really out of character. It's how I'd have expected her to act after getting her heart back, had she not been killed first. In the episode, she had good intentions, but it seemed like her personality flaws were getting in the way. It was if she was just getting her moral bearings. At the same time, however, she seemed to be motivated out of love- an emotion.

It's the same way that I expect that Rumple will act now that he's no longer The Dark one. He may not have a propensity for evil anymore, but he still has his original character flaws to deal with- namely cowardice.

Regina was puzzled as to how Cora out of the mirror. Cora replied that a white rabbit helped her out. However, if I remember correctly, that is not how she originally got out. Am I missing something here? Why couldn't she have gotten out somehow?

I'd be really happy to other's thoughts on this. 