Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20170217023403/@comment-24674051-20170220173644

I think that, depending on the direction the story takes, almost any character can be moved away from the main storyline without death. Emma might be the one exception. For example, should they return the main characters to the EF, it would be easy to have Snow and David resume their rule as King and Queen, which would allow them to gracefully step back and just run the kingdom and raise their son. (Who, by the way, was also conceived in the EF). Even Regina could be given a portion of the land to Rule. (Let's face it, despite her history, she was the Queen for a short period, plus she was mayor for 28 years. she got experience ruling, and she would actually probably be a decent ruler at this point).

However, we really need to be talking about the new characters, and who we think they are (although, consesus is growing that we are looking at an Adult Henry and pre-teen Robyn). If you want to discuss ideas on what happens, jump over to this thread.