Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24674051-20160518174418

Ok, minor question, i know.

In the final scene of the finale, we see the Evil Queen holding the Dragon's heart. But it is not crushed, nor do we see the Evil Queen making any moves to crush it. The Dragon is in danger, absolutely, but is the EQ going to kill him?

My personal take is that the Dragon is not yet dead, and is not in immediate danger of dying. The EQ crushed hearts and killed when she had to, but her MO was more like her Mom's, which was control and manipulation. Why do you think both Cora, and Regina after her, kept the wall full of boxes with hearts. Cora had her vault of hearts in Wonderland, and each box was labeled and indexed.

The Dragon, controlled and alive, is more useful to the EQ than dead (at least for now). and that's why I don't think that he will be killed, either on or off screen. 