Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20150428063638/@comment-24674051-20150501133934

BallerinaBelle wrote:

Hmcooper4 wrote: Well, not the Henry we know now, anyway. It's possible (fate being the thing that it is) that Henry ends up as Robin and Regina's son. Although that would put him at approximately the same age as Emma (and maybe even a little Older).

Or, what if some later descendent of Rumple (Rumple and Bae would be long dead by the time of Regina and Snow) meets and falls in love with Emma, and they have a child, that child could still be Henry.

That's the beauty about AU's. all you have to do is ask "what if" and **BANG** you have an alternate universe. Also wouldn't Bae still go through the portal and Rumple now need a different couple and/or savior to break the curse? That all depends on when the divergence happens that generates the AU. if it is Page 23 (Robin and Regina) then yes. But with Gold also wanting his happy ending, it could potentially go back farther, to when he injured himself to avoid the Ogre Wars, or to when he chose to become the Dark One (I use "chose" loosely, he was somewhat set up). It could even go back as far as the point where Malcolm chose to become Peter Pan, and choosing Rumple instead.

There are so many "what if" scenarios that it would be hard pick one, and all of the alternatives have some interesting side stories.