Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-188360-20140512144616/@comment-8207536-20140621202640

So here's my thoughts:

The Elsa that we see is from around mid-movie. She was attacked by Hans but was never imprisoned in the special 'Elsa cell' because Hans imprisoned her in that urn, which he later traded or whatever to Rumplstilskin who could sense the magic in it but never opened it.

Thus the Mystery of Queen Elsa, who never returned to Arendelle, became a thing of lore, kept alive in part by her successor Queen Anna (whose survival I'll leave to your imagination). This all happens around the time of the birth of Snow White (or later but at least six years before the first curse).

So the Elsa that Emma brought back isn't evil just in a very bad place mentally and emotionally. She just found out that she froze her kingdom which she believes ran her out, may have struck her beloved sister with her powers prior to throwing her out, and was attacked and imprisoned. Again, she's not evil just misunderstood, by her kingdom and later by Storybrooke. In turn she misunderstands people and their intentions, not to mention her own powers, as she has yet to learn that 'love will thaw'.

I'm thinking there will be lots of misinformation spread, Anna trying to help people see that her sister isn't a bad person, and Emma trying to get her facts straight.

Ideas anyone?