Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-31564770-20170322233001/@comment-31564770-20170323231214

After a lot of thought and some consultation with a friend who really knows Beowulf, here's what we came up with:

Theory 4: Beat Fate

Basically the essence of this theory lies in what connects Serum Queen and Regina. What if, perchance, it wasn't so much of a shared life force thing as a destiny bond thing. Yes, they are still the same person, and yes, they are still connected in much the same way, but with a key difference: in a destiny bond, as I understand it, whatever happens to one bonded will happen to the other. So if one is hurt, so is the other, and if one dies, so does the other. However, due to Serum Queen's undying nature, we end up with a semi-one sided destiny bond where killing the doppelgänger isn't possible so we get the appearance of the original body being the anchor for life. If their life force is shared, on the other hand, that is an unbreakable link. Though a destiny bond is also nigh unbreakable, shared life force is much more rigid and is totally immutable. This gets me to Hrunting. I suspect Hrunting has similar powers to the Shears of Destiny. The sword can probably temporarily cut through ties to your fate, and also it seems leave immutable damage since Serum Queen couldn't heal herself. If we go with Serum Queen and Regina's connection being a destiny bond, that explains why Hrunting was able to damage Serum Queen and also why Serum Queen seems to think the Shears will separate her and Regina in the 6x14 promo. The Shears wouldn't be able to separate a life force connection, but a destiny bond falls squarely within its purview. I suspect all shall be revealed as to why everyone seems convinced that Hrunting isn't special, but Gold must not have heard how it could overcome Serum Queen's immortality. Hrunting is canonically special, because it could overcome their connection. As to how specifically Blue made it and why, I expect we shall find out soon. For now, that's all I've got! I'm sure we'll both find our theories sobbing on the floor full of holes again soon, but for now I'm pretty sure I've overcome one obstacle. Geez, writers! Why you gotta make this so hard?!