Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20150703211827/@comment-24674051-20150707150235

My only problem with Emma being the Savior at this point is the potentially obvious parallel to Christ. (Just for reference, I am very much a Christian). A Savior that comes into the world, takes all the Darkness of the world upon themselves, and then defeats said darkness. No, I would personally rather not see that story parallelled.

I can see arguments for Regina, but I don't think that would be a good choice either. She's still got quite a bit of darkness left in her, and while she is getting better at controlling it, she is nowhere close to Savior level.

While I like the possibility of Lily, I don't see that one coming true either. Lily has ALL of Emma's potential Darkness, plus a good portion of her own from being Mal's daughter. That is not the stuff that Savior's are made of.

Honestly, I think that they set it up in the Finale. Emma turned to her Parent's and said (parapharased as I don't remember the exact quote) "You got the Darkness out of me once.  Do it again, as Heroes". Emma placed the burden of pulling her from the Darkness on Mary and David. Killian, Regina, Robin, Henry, Mal, Lily, Belle, and even Gold, have every reason in the world to want to assist them, but the burden is with the Charmings.