Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170218051023/@comment-25375217-20170417021101

Andrewh7 wrote: I hope they don't kill off the Black Fairy, I think she's amazing. She doesn't deserve to be killed off, she deserves redemption like Regina and Zelena. She does love and care about Gideon and maybe even Rumple in her own twisted way.

@DatNutty Kid It's possible that Tiger Lily was the one that banished the Black Fairy, but I'm pretty sure it's Blue. The Black Fairy needed to be freed from the Dark Realm and needed something enchanted with Blue's magic, Hrunting, so Blue is definitely the one that banished her. She's definitely in 6x21, so if they kill her she's making it through her backstory episode (which is usually when arc villains die). I do think she'll die in the finale, though; Gideon makes more sense as a villain-to-be-redeemed as Rumbelle's son and the Black Fairy is really only great because she's terrible - I don't think I'd like her as much if she was redeemed :P

Was that ever confirmed? I think it's just the leading theory. It's possible they just needed something filled with light magic or fairy magic or something.