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ChocolatEyes613 wrote: OEdystopia wrote: I don't think this is possible. Adding Henry Senior's heart to the Dark Curse resulted in his death. Even if Regina's heart is very resilent, it wouldn't survive this. If a time travelling spell is enacted the same way,  using Regina's heart means she'll be dead. It was never confirmed, how a time-travelling curse is actually cast. All we know, are the ingedients required.... brains, courage, and a resilient heart.

I'm aware of that. That's why I desperately wait for the writers to reveal how this should work. Personally, I would hate them to kill Regina. Nevertheless, I can't think of many different options what to do with a heart.

You can talk to a heart causing the heart's owner to respond in the way you want him to. Regina confirmed she protected her heart from taking control over it ( likely using a  protection spell)

Crushing a heart means killing a person.

And then there's something Cora did back in EP 208: Emma and others discovered that the hearts of the Save Heaven's residents were taken from their bodies. These people were dead. Nevertheless Cora breathed on one heart of those she preserved causing them to rise as Zombies.

Of course, there's still the possibility that Zelena may not be successful at all. But then, there'll be no further story, I think. There'll be a fourth season and the writers need a story. It's likely Zelena is partly successful somehow.