Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-28162607-20170818082458/@comment-25926288-20170830125320

I understood why they went the way they did: it was less predictable. Everyone and their five friends were predicting that Regina would absorb EQ back. And they wouldn't do the same as Jekyll because they already did that.

About consequences, I'd say noone really faces longlasting consequences (unless they've been killed off, lol).

The way I see it:

6A

Gave Regina something

Gave Emma something

Gave Belle soemthing

Gave Rumple something

Forget everybody else (limited time)

6B

Gave Regina something

Gave Emma something

Gave Hook something

Gave Rumple something

Forget everybody else (limited time)

But SEQ was a way to give Regina a happy romantic ending (which she really didn't need) and go back to the original starting point (What if the Evil Queen got her happy ending?)