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TrumpetofTheSwan wrote: Eskaver wrote: TrumpetofTheSwan wrote: Eskaver wrote: TrumpetofTheSwan wrote: Wouldn't taking the darkness out of Hook and puttting it into Zelena undo what making him a DO was done to accomplishin the first place: preserving his life? Won't he die if he's no longer a DO? Probably not. It depends. Emma's theory is that the tethering healed him of all wounds and they can get rid of the darkness-riddled HG magic. However, Emma might be wrong because Rumple had a limp but once he lost all magic he was once again limping, so he'll probably die. But don't tell Emma that....or the writers. That could be how they end up going to the underworld. Emma kills Hook so there's only one DO again, they retrieve Hook from hades, and then Emma rids herself of the darkness. By the by, is the promethean flame gone now? Well, that's all just speculation. I doubt Emma would kill Hook, but Emma seems alright since she was pulling a facade, so she might be able to move on, but Hook might somehow take the power from Emma or simply just kill himself.

The flame is still around. Emma only used a speck of it to forge Excalibur. I was editing my comment to clarify it when you answered. I think she might realize that he'll either have to stay the dark one forever, or die. So she untethers him and then just goes to hades to get him back. Nevertheless that isn't in this episode and it's speculative.