Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6208134-20130131201108/@comment-6207588-20130131205853

On the destiny part...you can know your destiny without knowing all the details of how it will be achieved. He could have simply been told he would stop the Ogre wars without being told that he would do that by becoming the Dark One. Who knows maybe that's why he ran from them...he was told he would be the one who would stop them and he was overwhelmed with the responsibility. But that's just an example...there are a number of things he could have been told that were his "destiny"...stop the Ogre Wars...become the Dark One...travel to another world...(if it was before Bae...even have a son)...etc.

On the dagger...it's quite possible that Cora convinces Regina that it is somehow neccessary to helping her get Henry back...most likely a lie on Cora's part but then Cora really can't be trusted anyway imo.