Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7302713-20130321104107/@comment-6905051-20130322094827

The purpose of the curse was not really to take the Happy Endings of people. It  was what Regina was led to assume and she planned it such that the people whose Happy Endings are reason for her misery will suffer in her place. However it was Regina's modification and the extent of modification allowed depended on its creator, Rumple. The curse was designed to tear away FTL land or a part of it from itself and place it in a Land without magic so that Rumple can find his son and be reunited with him finally. Since the main object of the curse was Happy Reunion, offcourse it will not keep people in misery forever. But Rumple needed to tempt Regina with something, hence this apparant not having Happy Ending. As the creator of the curse, Rumple knew the terrible price he would have to pay to cast it, therefore he manipulated the events of time and Regina to make her the person who would cast the curse. Look what terrible price Regina had to pay in order to cast the curse, all the while thinking she would be happy.

However if people now return to FTL, I doubt things will go back to usual. Events have happened that cannot be undone and I doubt Jiminy will turn back to cricket, or Rumple start growing Dark one's skin