Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20150309010651/@comment-25926288-20150312121412

When talking about Unforgiven, certain flaws come up within the episode which sometimes goes off on a tangent. For example, David and Snow learned about the curse and their baby from Rumple in the Pilot, I think. Now, it's retconned (or changed) to Mal and the QoD playing that role before Rumple, which makes no sense for why they are surprised later on. This leads back to thoughts of how they said Leopold and Cora knew each other in season one, but it didn't and still doesn't look that way how the actors, great actors at that, portray them. This is a slight issue where they add stuff that supposedly happened prior in the plot to justify the current plot at hand. Zelena was a retcon in a sorts. I liked her but we had no mention or clue that Cora had a daughter beforehand and she never mentions it in Once or Once Wonderland. Zelena was made Regina's sister unnecessarily but A&E love their "surprise relative" even though Zelena's motives made no sense.

This goes back to current episodes, like Unforgiven, where if you notice an inconsistency you can point it out. Like why was Snow's heart not blackened then seeing what she done to Maleficent, why wasn't this her biggest secret in the Echo Caves, why wasn't it foreshadowed? Will it be mentioned ever after this arc? Like Zelena, many plot elements simply drop off after the arc. I'm sure no one will find out Rumple killed Zelena, no one seems to care, and they don't really talk about her like Regina's sister.

But some questions I have are: How do the other Queens know what Snow (not Charming since he was asleep) did to Maleficent? How does keeping this secret for so long allow Snow to have a "pure heart"? (Besides just think about it a couple months ago)