Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160502010041/@comment-24674051-20160508032629

And keep in mind that Ends would save anyone under normal circumstances. But here she is in what looks to be extreme discomfort, and what is, I think,  meant to represent a mortal condition (she could die). Given the higher stakes, her choice is more significant. Her last of people that she would risk actually dying for is, in my opinion, short. To be specific, that list would be her parents, Henry, Killian, and maybe Regina. Not Gold. Not Belle. Not Ruby. Not Robin.

And unless A & E have a really bizarre twist, if Robin is truly the death (and it is looking more and more to be the case), then it will be of the irreversible kind.