Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4936165-20140827005907/@comment-35639545-20140902012147

OK. I might be going bat shit cray here but gimme a little time. In an article on TV Line it is said that, ragarding the 4B storyline, A&E have said that in the first ten episodes of 4A the seeds for the big reveal in ep 11 have been sown so that we all go "Ah OK". This to me says the Frozen storyline will somehow link to the Maleficent storyline.

Before I continue, two things:

1. Almost every major villain has had backup:

Regina = Sidney, Rumple (kinda), Rumple = his 'puppets' i.e Regina (he's in charge she just doesn't know it), Cora = Hook, Pan = Lost Boys, Zelena = Flying Monkeys

2. A&E have said that S4 will take place right after the movie finishes. Now I know Olaf won't be making an appearance but that doesn't mean he doesn't exist and if we're going exactly by the movie he will clearly have existed. If this is all the case Elsa's powers will retain their most iconic aspect: animation of non-living things.

This said, my theory: Regina has stated, I believe, that the Cave was the only thing sustaining Maleficent. So when Pan's Curse hit and everyone was taken back to the EF there was nothing keeping her...undead. However. Going by the Appearances of Elsa and Elizabeth Mitchell's charcter (Snow Queen) in the episode "The Apprentice" one might assume that the Snow Queen becomes a teacher to the Ice Queen. Why? Because they have the same powers. Exactly the same powers. Meaning whatever the Snow Queen is planning, and I think it's something big, she wanted back-up and what better back-up that a shapeshifting witch/fairy with beef with quite a few Major Characters. So she uses her ice/snow powers with their life-giving properties to restore Maleficent to her former glory. WHAM! The Mistress of All Evil becomes your bitch...that is until 4B when she is let loose on Storybrooke that is.