Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26084266-20150326004515

First, I want to talk about the direction that the show is going with Emma becoming evil. I think this is an amazing plotline that I am very interested to see how far this will go in the show, because recently I have been extremely bored with the entire idea of the author and also, Emma's on screen time has really been boring. It's like she's lost that boldness she had in the first season that made her so interesting to watch on-screen, now the focus has been Regina lately. I completely love the route that the show has gone with Regina, and I love how it shows that the evil can turn good, but will now change the dynamic by making the savior turn evil.

I think the plotline behind Emma becoming the savior will actually have to do more with the author. I believe that Snow and Charming had somehow interacted with the sorcerer or the author, and somehow changed the storyline of the book to ensure that Emma followed the path of the greater good, versus the potential for the greater evil. In doing so, I think that they had to have some sort of compromise in order to have Emma become the savior. What I find interesting about everything is how Rumple knew the future way before Snow and Charming were together from the enchanted forest, so he must have seen the great lengths snow and charming had to have gone to ensure that their child was indeed the savior, so with Rumple with knolwedge of the future in regards to their child, the curse, etc. I feel like I could be completely wrong, but it could make sense. I see a lot of people thinking what if Emma was Maleficents daughter, and while honestly I think that would make for an interesting plot also, I think it would be putting too much at stake.

With that said, I think that Snow and Charming had to sacrifice Maleficent's daughter from the storybook in order to make Emma the savior. I feel like in a way it somewhat makes sense because Emma has put herself down for the past few seasons because she felt like her whole life was basically set up rather then her earning the title as a savior or her power, basically a pawn in a bigger scheme and because of the storylines pertaining to the book. I feel like this theme is going to become more prevelant when she finds out that the sorcerer or author had originally planned for Emma to be evil and maybe Lily was meant to be the savior (regardless she is the child of the witch, evil isn't born it's made) so maybe Lily had the potential to be the savior but Snow and Charming somehow swapped their storylines and made Emma become the savior; which upsets Emma because then she basically finds out her life was a lie and that Snow and Charming had put her in that position which also was why she got sent away from them instead of being together as a family since she was then meant to break the curse, instead of following her true unplanned destiny to stay in the enchanted forest. I think something will happen to Hook also trying to stop Rumple, which will result in Emma's broken heart embracing revenge and her dark magic will take hold versus the light magic in order to get her revenge on Rumple.

Aside from that, I think the theories about Zelena posing as Marian are more complex then we think. When I saw what Regina did to snow last episode when she basically posessed her, I thought of how much more powerful Zelena is and what she could do with that kind of magic by entering someones physical body; becoming intune with their memories, feelings, etc. while taking full control and still having conciousness of her own memories, feelings. etc. I believe Zelena came across Marian in the past and instead of killing her, had taken over her body like Regina did Snow, but using her magic mimics Marians voice and has been able to maintain the persona because she has taken over Marian's memories as well. So, I believe Marian technically is "Dead", but instead Zelena has taken over her physical body and soul to keep up the charade. 