Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26443838-20151009221621/@comment-1894786-20151010160940

Anon e Mouse Jr. wrote:

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote:

Chameleon-Guy wrote: That would suck though. It's like DBZ and nobody can die permanently. Considering they've directly contradicted their own "magic can't bring back the dead" with Rumple in 3B and Anastasia in Wonderland, they've already made it like Dragonball Z. Those were under unusual circumstances. Rumple was the Dark One and, since his powers hadn't passed on to a new host, could be resurrected via a person trading their life for his; Anastasia was revived because "it wasn't her time" (whereas the last person they tried to revive that way was meant to die at that time; tampering with her fate lead to the ones responsible being punished).

Until next time... Anon e Mouse Jr. Doesn't matter in the slightest if the circumstances were unusual. They said 'no magic could bring back the dead. None.' Then Anastasia is brought with magic water that's never mentioned again, despite being implied to be the same water from Lake Nostos/Storybrooke Well. And in the same few months, Rumple is brought back from the dead because of the sacrifice of Neal's life. Amara wasn't dead however, she was dying. There is a subtle difference.