Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-13439417-20140923092516/@comment-24674051-20140923140015

You know, I like the idea that Marion is not really Marion. In fact, I have had 2 different thoughts on the matter:

1. Marion is someone that is disguised (with a glamour spell) to look like Marion, and is in the employ of the EQ. She was going to be used as a decoy to infiltrate Robin's camp. She was kept in the Dungeon to preserve the ruse. Because she failed her mission, she truly fears the Evil Queen. My main reason for thinking this is that Marion's capture in Snow Drifts feels like it would be PRIOR to Robin saving his wife with the wand (from a timeline perspective, Snow Falls/Snow Drifts occurs prior to the events of Lacey).. So the real Marion is still with Robin somewhere at this time, and does die later as she is supposed to, which is why Robin remembers everything as it happened previously.

2. Marion is actually a disguised Zelena. When Zelena's magic reopened the portal, she was unable to direct the spell, due to being without a body, but she was able to hitch a ride with Hook and Emma, and found the one thing that would give her a "moral" victory over Regina, which is becoming the one person that could destroy Regina's happy ending, and potentially push her back to the dark side.