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Esk's Theory on Saviorology

1. There must be a Prophecy or equivalent prophetic tale about you.

2. There must be a great Evil to purge the realm of.

3. Acknowledgement and acceptance of your role and start of your task at hand awakens your powers.

4. You die, can be prophetic, but nonetheless, you are set to die by fate without achievine a happy, prosperous and long life.

It's pretty much biblical, or in this case, Emma in a nut shell. As is Aladdin. They had a prophecy about them (Rumple speaks of Emma, tales that Jasmine know speaks of Aladdin). They both have a great evil to purge the land of (Evil Queen and the Dark Curse, Jafar and Agrabah's woes). They awaken their powers with admitting they are the Savior and accept it. And they are both set to die.

Nothing anyone did affected Emma being the Savior. Likewise with Aladdin. Prophecy says that Emma will defeat the great Evil of her realm and she did that. Even in Wish Realm, Emma was still the Savior, just with no evil to defeat. Emma being the product of "The truest love" means little to nothing that we know of.

(Sidenote: They retconned Emma being magical due to being the product of true love to being the Savior. Both currently are mutually exclusive.)

So, no no Twu Luv baby will be a Savior as far as we know. At best, Dorothy has the potential to be one, given that Zelena is the great Evil of Oz, has some spoken of power "mentioned by Dorothy and Hades" (besides the love of the people), and has prophecy about her. But I doubt they'll actually have Dorothy defeat Zelena given that she's no longer a threat.