Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5834856-20140310194931

Watching the Episode New York City Serenade twice in the last few hours I had an idea:

The Wicked Witch cast the curse which brought our beloved characters back to Storybrooke but she wasn't the one who created it. It might be she used a fragmentary, imperfect Dark Curse. A precursor. Here's why:

1. The characters enter Storybrooke again. Originally the Dark Curse (Rumplestiltskin) created the town. The town looks pretty much the same as it was when we saw it last.

2. Emma is supposed to save the cursed people again. (Hook tells her so) She can enter the town without suffering negative consequences so far. Emma did so once before in the Pilot  Yet the Wicked Witch doesn't seem to know that Emma exists. Zelena seemed to live in the Enchanted Forest over the past years. At least they haven't met each other.

3. Zelena added  Regina's blood to her curse. This ingredient gives the curse a personal note. I mean it's not her father's heart - but it's still a sacrifice - Regina's price - even if unknowingly and maybe unwillingly given. It doesn't seem a long shot to change a curse's ingredient from blood to a heart.

4. The Charmings say they can't remeber a full year. If you have the power to make sure that people don't remember a year, you just have to change your formula a little bit expanding the time period they should be forgetting.

5. We know that it can be hard to create magic. Rumple had various attempts before he was finally able to leave Storybrooke still remembering who he was in order to find Baelfire. I assume that it also took him a long time to create the Dark Curse.

6. Robin Hood tried to steal magic. Mr. Gold was in Storybrooke. His castle was unprotected for a long while. If you know where it is you just have to look long enough. And if you are familiar with magic you may be able to overcome barriers.

Zelena may have added some stuff of her own but the footing is the same.

What do you think? 