Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20170312061043/@comment-24674051-20170502035836

Ok, It's been a while since I've been on, and it will be a while before I can return... So If I say something that was previously posted above, I ask for forgiveness.

First and foremost, the end of the Black Fairy leads us to believe that Rumple has sided with Mommy Dearest. But I don't buy it for a minute. His promise to Belle and Gideon is that he will do what is necessary to protect his family. very vague, but I think that promise includes posing as an ally to the BF, but will at the last minute betray her and fulfill his prophecy of fighting the Black Fairy (and being killed by her).

However, I think things do go way south. The final battle is going to be fierce, and several people are going to go down (though I imagine only Rumple will actually die). Regina is probably taken out of the picture early (though not killled, but probably severly wounded), as the strongest magician other than the Savior and the Dark One remaining. As previously stated, Zelena and Henry depart as soon as the action starts unraveling. Tiger Lily will return as the Red Fairy (and from all appearances almost equal to Blue herself), and she will die trying to stop the BF after Rumple falls (remember that she is Rumples FGM). Blue will get a few blows in, and will be able to rescue Snow (of which Blue is Snow's FGM, at least I assume) and David, possibly sending them back to the EF, along with a few other residents. There may be a few random residents that become collateral damage.

This is all based strictly on head-canon, I have not seen the BTS for the finale, and am just using conjecture from the previous episodes to make a totally wild guess.