Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5899967-20170704181208/@comment-6274680-20170709185711

Here's my theory: I tried to think about what Hook, Regina and Rumple have in common and it's that they are all redeemed villains. Maybe the s7 big bad is someone who think villains don't deserve redemption at any cost and decided to curse HRR.

Imagine that: some time after the dinner scene in the s6 finale (while Henry is still a teen and everyone else is happy), HRR gets cursed but at the same time, they get sent to the future/new present time (when Henry is an adult with Lucy) and Lucy somehow figured it out and that's why she told him that his family needs him. Not only Henry will have to break the curse but also to send them back to the past.

If they get sent back at the exact moment they were cursed, it will be like nothing happened and CS, Rumbelle etc won't be ruined and we won't have to wonder Emma & cie are and how they are reactiong to the others' absence. Season 7 will the main present timeline (in 2025?) in Seattle