Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-31564770-20170322233001/@comment-31564770-20170323131001

I was actually going to get into everything you just talked about in my first post, but I decided it would end up being so much longer than it already is that it wasn't worth it. However, since you've brought it up, I'll discuss all of those points now.

Theory 2: The Centrifuge

What you said about the serum is mostly good stuff, but I will argue a few points. Firstly, there are actually two serums- the original blue one that separates the "good" and "evil" in a person like a centrifuge (like I've said, those terms are relative) but forces them to share a body, and the improved red one which goes a step further and gives the separated aspects different bodies. I'll use a couple analogies to describe my thinking here. First, we have the centrifuge. Say you have a vial of blood. You stick it in the centrifuge, and it comes out as multiple substances layer on top of each other. However, none of these substances were created by the centrifuge. All of them were already there, just mixed together. Now they're separate but still in the same vial. This is the blue serum. The red serum extracts the separated aspects into another vial, going a step further. Second analogy: if you have a line moving endlessly forward, and that line is at one point sliced down the middle and split into two paths, is either path the original line? Yes, each is part of the original, but neither is the complete thing. Even if you have a part of the line branch off and the rest continue on the same path it originally had, it's now time to employ Law of Conservation of Mass and say that the branching line had to come from somewhere. You can't just create more. Yes, yes, this is a show about magic and magic breaks the laws of nature, but Jekyll created the serum (mostly) by science. Anyways what I'm getting at is neither Serum Queen nor Regina is the original, because of the line and because of the centrifuge. What I'm also implying is that you can't just put them back together- if you try, it might end up a poorly mixed vial or a line that's been clumsily tied back together. If/when Regina and Serum Queen recombine it won't be what it was before, which could lead to some interesting and fun circumstances(see my recombination theory on the 6x14 discussion).

Theory 3: What is Death?

As for the whole "Regina is the anchor" thing, the show has some seeming contradictions here. In 5x23 we see Regina crush Serum Queen's heart without issue, even when we know that heart-crushing is certain unavoidable death. Yet in 6x10 we see Emma slice Serum Queen on the cheek and all involved expected Regina to be hurt too- the implication was that it was the sword that made it so Regina wasn't hurt. So if Regina can try to kill her other half, but would still be hurt if Serum Queen is hurt, the only logical explanation is that crushing Serum Queen's heart ''doesn't qualify as hurting her! '' How is that possible? We know heart-crushing is 100% hurting someone. The only way this is possible is if Serum Queen isn't actually human. Though emotionally she is human, her body isn't. Serum Queen can't die. The only way appears to be Hrunting. In that sense, I guess you're right. Serum Queen is a projection of sorts. However, their link was expected to go both ways in 6x10 which means we can only assume that it would extend to death both ways, it's just that it can't because Serum Queen has an undying body. Thus it only seems that Regina is the anchor, when in fact both are connected it's just that for Serum Queen death isn't possible. Side note, this could be why Regina appears to be losing in the 6x14 promo. She actually can't win, because Serum Queen is essentially immortal.

Ok, thats all I have to say, and feel free to argue. That's why I'm here, because I want a debate. I have more theories if you have more questions, though!