Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20140329051413/@comment-24674051-20140409034557

Regina is still having trust issues, and let's face it, it takes more that a year to overcome the lifetime of evil she inflicted on everyone. She does have a few allies now (ones that she probably finds unusual in Emma and the Charmings, not to mention Gold, Belle, and Hook, and of course, we shouldn't forget Robin Hood.  And I think a case might could be made for Ariel and Tink as well).

However, the real problem is that, if the time changed to a time with no Regina, no one would know to change the timeline. All they would know is that the Wicked Queen needed to be overthrown. About the only person that might have a chance of figuring out what is going on is Rumple, primarily because of his ability to see the future, and probably see's may alternate futures. It would likely be up to Rumple to overcome the new curse.

However, All of this is based on a time-travel fix. and of all the tools in a writers arsonal, I find that using time travel as a plot device is generally very weak writing, and I hope that the OUaT writers don't go that way.