Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24892318-20140530013558/@comment-24898439-20140601200906

 Ktmae1234''Yes. Emma is obviously to blame for Marian. Remember, however, the conversation between Hook and Emma. He passionately made the case that Marian couldn't stay in the EF because she might give birth to a mass murderer or run over one of the dwarves. What was Emma to do? Kill her? No, she kidnapped her instead, with Hook's blessings and help. I just believe he deserves some of the blame because if it weren't for his conversation with Emma, Marian might be back with her family in the EF. Of course, that would have been a whole different time line, with its own consequences, so... '' I agree that Hook deserves some of the blame. On the other hand, so does Rumple. When Rumple saw them carrying Marian, he didn't even stop and advise against it. This seemed strange to me, since he went so far as to replace the clothes that they had stolen, warning of the consequences if they had not been returned. So, the fact that he didn't stop them from bringing back Marian were weird. He could have simply poofed her back into the dungeons, one would think. Consequently, I would say that Rumple is also partially to blame. However, the majority of the blame still falls on Emma. She was warned, repeatedly, not to change anything. She'd seen Back to the Future and probably other time travel movies or read some books. And yet, she still chose to do something irresponsible (even if it was for saving a life).

Also, just as a note, we don't actually know that Marian would have died. The presumption was there, but since Emma changed it, we don't know, nor what the repercussions from Marian being taken out are.