Talk:Red King/@comment-7646653-20171222131330/@comment-25375217-20171222171458

I don't think it's confirmation. "Sure seems that way" is not definitive, even though he said "sure". That means that we can all agree that the way Cora phrased her statement strongly implies that the Red King is dead.

What's worth remembering is that, although they didn't, the writers always intended to continue these characters' stories. The Red King was likely set up for a possible Season 2, just like Ana's backstory and Jabberwocky's escape, but it wasn't important enough to warrant explanation on the main show or via social media. If the fans want to believe he is dead, that's fine; if they want to believe he is alive, that's fine, too. It's open-ended and left to our personal interpretations. As an encyclopedia, we should not report one interpretation over another. Maybe Cora sent him to another realm. Maybe Cora locked him in a dungeon. Maybe Cora turned him into a female frog and he married Prince Marius. We don't know.

I do think we can add in the trivia that it's strongly implied by both Cora and Adam that the Red King is dead, but we should leave his status as unknown.