Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20161015022604/@comment-7526254-20161128171659

For anyone who watches the flash, this is very similar to flashpoint. Emma makes a wish, changing her past, and never becoming the savior. Based on the promo, these are the different ways I can interpret this:

Emma is portrayed as a princess in EF as if the curse never happened. However, why would Emma not being the savior prevent the curse from happening, unless it changed Rumpel's plan. Rumpel prophecized Emma being the savior, so if Emma wasn't the savior his prophecy should have changed. Emma was born, hence Snow and Charming met, hence Regina became the Evil queen, hence Rumpel trained Regina, henced Rumpel trained Cora. Rumpel still clearly wanted to cast the dark curse, but maybe with a different savior. Afterall, it was implied that the curse must be breakable by a savior. His reason for wanting Snow and Charming alive could have nothing to do with Emma, but to give a motive for Regina to cast the curse. Everything up to taking back the kingdom appears to have happened exactly the same. Maybe something happened at the last minute and the curse was never cast. However, that would not explain why David and Regina didn't age and why Regina is seperate from the Evil Queen. Or maye the curse was cast and broken by a different savior, after which everyone returned to the EF. But then why is Emma not still a baby? Could she have been sent through the wardrobe with the savior and just happened to return to SB before the curse?

Hopefully this will be explained next week. Is this alternate timeline supposed to last for the rest of season 6? I'm really excited.