Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20180331005828/@comment-25926288-20180406110455

Suburbanprincess wrote: Thought it was an okay episode overall- I know that everyone has been trying to get the guardian in their fold, but now I'm totally confused... Maybe you all could shed another light on the situation...

Gothel hides Ana to keep the guardian for herself, tells Victoria in the past that the Guardian cannot be corrupted, but then screams at Ana to provoke her into killing Drizzy???

'''Headcanon--Eloise placed Ivy's dark magic/darkness (used interchangeably within the show for reasons) within Ana. So, Eloise thought that if she inputed dark magic within that Ana could trigger it which would cause Ana's Guardian/Light magic to flee.'''

'''Probable reason--It might have been explained but the scenes were removed. There were a number of removed scenes this season and it feels more noticeable.'''

Rumple was so kind, and good - I understand that he felt like he needed to let Ana go, but what exactly does the guardian taking final possession of the dark one dagger entail? Does it take a lot of time (they didn't have), special spell (needed to gather ingredients/magic for), or a sacrifice  (he didn't want Ana to have to make)

'''It likely entails time and specific conditions which Weaver knew that Ivy and Ana didn't have the luxury with Eloise, Samdi, and Nick, the Candy Killer, around. Eloise used some enchanted vine to have Ana absorb Iy's magic. So, it likely takes the Dagger and somethig else for Ana or any Guardian to absorb much stronger magic.'''

Half-expected there to be some sort of transference of power to a new guardian once the sisters walked through the portal...

'''Guardians are just a special class of Light mages. Typical light mages has a corruptible light magic that if given dark emotions will turn dark. Saviors have incorruptible light magic that comes with a price: their death, as they act as emissaries for the balance of light and dark. Guardians have incorruptible light magic that comes with a cost: imbued/latent dark magic will cause the magic to flee the host, which leaves it up for anyone to control.'''

So, there are many guardians, just hard to sift out.

Samdi gifts Regina some of Ana's residual magic to save Henry... I enjoy watching him try to win her, she is finally the one being pursued instead of always being the pursuer in the relationship but I am expecting he just wants Henry to be saved because he needs Henry for something

Final thought- Nick/Jack/Hansel/Candy Killer - is he only going after coven witches or all witches... Gothel is suspiciously unworried- did she put the hair in Alice's bag or did he???

'''Nick has only went after Coven members so far. So, it is probably only that.''' Answers in bold.