Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161003005933/@comment-24304025-20161004140953

Eskaver wrote: CadoDoan wrote: FrancisPaul wrote: Regina was able to rip MM's heart in 217. Sure, she didn't kill her, but could she have done it? The protection spell only works in the FTL. That's why Rumple put this spell on Snow and Charming so Regina had to enact the Curse. The problem with that is that it is implied that the protection spell doesn't work when there is no magic. Otherwise, Regina could just push Snow through a portal and kill her.

She could, but she already had the curse. Once the count failed, she probably realised that it wouldn't matter whatever she did, she wouldn't kill Snow unless she used the Curse as Rumple desired.