Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170327005929/@comment-25926288-20170327095420

I don't really see any terrible retcons. Retcons aren't always bad, so one has to remember that.

1. Regina learned about her self-hatred. That's not a retcon. It makes Regina look like a person that lacks self-awareness (or simply ignores it) and projects it on others. That's nothing new. The hole in her heart was simply a lack of love which Henry now fulfills.

2. Tink's scene in 3x03. I'd have to rewatch but at best, this is more of an unnecessary retcon than a bad one. But that's not uncommon.

3. The WR is as real as the projection of EQ. For all we know, the WR could cease to exist five minutes after EQ falls asleep. Anyway, it's sort of like living in someone's dreams with weird magical produced projections that we call human. The real determining factor is if they die, do they cease to exist or die like real people do?

4. EQ's heart was not real, likely reformed when she did. When the shears separated them, it likely would eventually show that they weren't anymore separate than before. They would just not have a dependence on one another to live.

5. It was a good move to send the EQ off to happiness, representing that Regina made peace with her dark half that is within her. It gives Regina both versions of a happy ending, one exploring lost romance and one alone but never alone due to family. (Plus Henry could easily rewrite WR so it fixes everything.)