Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.162.224.171-20130311010520/@comment-4993393-20130318161452

GothicNarcissus wrote: Rubelle wrote: Hermione Mills wrote: Cora went through the mirror w/ hook (instead of the dead guy) because "1 goes in 1 comes back. In this case 2 in 2 back" and Cora pretended to be dead. I guess u already know that but. It was sort of implied in Regina's plan that she explained in the episode. I know all these.

What I meant, and I have been meaning this all along, when did this event happen: after the curse was cast or before it? does that mean the curse took some time to spread. Curse was cast means Henry Sr is dead and Cora is her only weakness left. But surely it would take some time for the whole Hook travelling to wonderland to happen. BEside Hook invaded her castle and there was no scene of any smoke of cast, coz then Hook would have surely known and Cora would not need to tell him that.

If This happened before the curse was cast, how come Henry Sr had no inkling that his daughter brought his wife, presumed to be dead, in the castle.

My best guess is:

1) Rumple visits Regina and hints to the curse.

2) Regina crashed the wedding.

3) Regina steals the curse from Maleficient and takes some time (about 9 months) to get everything ready.

4) In the meantime, Regina tries to have Cora killed (part of the preparation).

5) Regina tries to unleash the curse.

6) She fails and visits Rumple.

7) She kills Henry sr. and unleashes the curse successfully.

8) Cora protects Hook and herself, everyone out of her shield is taken to Storybrooke. I think that's about right. The episodes covering the time between Snow and Charming taking power and the casting of the curse overlap and can be confusing. The thing to remember is those events took place over a long period of time often with months passing in between scenes.