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8Rob wrote: I was thinking...

If a tear was needed for the Dark One for turning Merlin into a tree then a tear was needed for Emma's curse, since Dopey was turned into a tree.

I would think that doesn't work that way.

The Do trapped Merlin literally by his own grief. So, whatever type of tear needed would be a type, not necessarily Emma's.