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Andrew.scott.503 wrote: Can anyone guess why Regina 'saved' Marian when Marshmallow (the giant snowman) was about to stomp her? And with Marian frozen by the Snow Queen, wouldn't Regina want to make sure Marian stays frozen? Although if TLK from Robin doesn't wake her, that probably be a good sign for Regina that she's still Robin's TL.

It seems Marian is fated to play the part of the Fem Fatal... So why would Regina go to the trouble of time travel to put things back or get the author of the Book of Fate to rewrite the stories so that villains get happy endings (and is Regina truly still a villain?), if Marian is slated to die?

Because, that way it makes a better story. Marian is the one who Regina wants to kill most of all. Despite this fact, stepping on Marian the snow monster would likely haven't stopped there and crushed everybody else lying on the ground. Many still believe that Regina is evil. How do you think they would have interpreted it, if they found Regina standing tall in the middle of five dead heroes?

Finding the writer of the book is a more "delicate" strategy to solve the problem "Marian" for Regina. Regina said so herself. Hood has strong feelings for Regina. Nevertheless, he feels responsible for his family, now including Marian again. Besides, I like to believe that working good magic - like Regina did in Kansas  once-  changes you at least a bit. Probably making it a little harder to sign a death sentence than it used to be. Regina changed. Emma saved Marian from the Evil Queen, but that's not the person Regina is now.

Do you remember the trolls from Snow Falls/ Snow Drifts? In both time lines the trolls were transformed into bucks and stepped upon. They died exactly the same way. Besides, cheating death always requires a trade: A life for a life. It's in balance. With Marian travelling through time the whole structure is thrown off balance. Trying to fix that is one major story arc this season.

Personally, I wonder if the short term solution that wakes Marian will be a special herb. It worked that way in the fairytale "Godfather Death" written by Brothers Grimm. Death becomes the godfather of a physician. Everytime the physician treats someone Death appears. Death standing at the victim's head the physician is able to save the person, if he uses a special herb. Trying to save people he loves the physician begins to cheat death, turning them around, if death is standing at their feet and then giving the herb to them. As a consequence he diminishes his own life light.