Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25375217-20170725012344/@comment-1916997-20170725143143

Calibaz wrote: http://imgur.com/a/adwmF Going by that summary and a rather enlightening twitter conversation. Maybe there are multiple timelines happening at once in the "present". One, where the original trio are in Storybrooke with their happy endings intact and another one where they're with Henry and cursed in Hyperion Heights. Basically, they're both cursed and not cursed at the same time because both timelines exist at once.

Could also be why they're making the original's centrics so early. Like in 7x02, one timeline has Hook regain his memories quickly and leave to reunite with Emma, while it doesn't happen yet another timeline so he stays as "Rogers" until the Dark Curse breaks. That way, cs can be reunited, but they can also still use Colin for the rest of the season. And again, both timelines would be happening at the same time. Same with a possible Rumbelle reunion in 7x04.

It could explain the conflicting information we got at SDCC, like why Colin kept saying CS is happy even though we know he's playing a cursed Hook or that there was an opportunity for them to be good and bad. Granted, if A&E actually do this, it sounds like they're trying to have their cake and eat it too. Yep, thinking something like this is most likely. Looks like we are going full butterfly effect and infinite universes on Once. XD