Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31147694-20171118143346/@comment-25926288-20171220185044

8Rob wrote: Oh and there is another one: Regina could enact the Dark Curse because she crushed the heart of the thing she loved the most: Henry Sr. But that's no who she loves the most now. That would be Henry Mills. So it shouldn't have worked.

They reversed the logic from 5A: In Camelot, Regina's tear didn't work because she loved Daniel, but now she loves Robin. Key word "loved", as in past tense.

It's like when Rumple needed something that touched him before he was a DO. Touched, not "is currently touching him right now" or "the most recent thing that touched him right before he became DO".