Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25491743-20180422150252/@comment-6302057-20180424155014

Eskaver wrote: Episode 10: "Let me grab my wand." Said by Zelena, but didn't use a visible wand. Perhaps a bit of Harry Potter-style wandless magic? She had the wand on her person (in her pocket?) but doesn’t need the wand in her hand to perform magic with it.

As for the return of Rumple’s scales, the Dark Curse "normalises" people’s physical appearances and turns non-humans into human form (Dwarves and Fairies into human). The longest period of inactivity between curses was the 33 episodes of season 2 and 3A; Rumple’s last "reset" ended when the Black Fairy's curse broke in 6x22. He then abandoned the Darkness and went on to live a lifetime with Belle before starting to regress after she died. Scales equals falling to the Darkness but he can still remain party "good" (Emma, Season 5A). He was reset again by Drizella’s curse which is still in effect. Leroiblanc wrote: Those ideas change might fast... Not new though, so...

Also, I feel like Rumple could have still put Mr Gold in his head while reverting. I like this idea. So that he didn’t lose himself completely, he copied his still-good self into a "room in [his] mind", like a backup hard-drive, that could be opened after another reset.