Based on the fact that it seems Cora will be in present day FTL, I think her presence will have something to do with the fact that part of the land was immune to the curse to a certain extent.
I agree with you on this one…. I feel that even though Regina did not want to be around her mother…. she could not bring herself to killing her…. so she banished her mother to another region and did not let her partake in her being QUEEN. When the curse took effect she did not destroy the region her mother was in… she just froze it for the length of the curse.
IF you looked at spoiler clips you see Emma being blocked by Snow as they confront CORA. This is why I think this region had been saved. I also think this was how Regina and her dad knew about the two headed snake…. It looks like Agabar. So they had contact and knew how to get the snake…. Wasn't there a map of FTL that had all kinds of castles and regions map out on it. I guess we are now finding out more about FTL.
Nonnie
I am going to have to come back here and un-spoiler this post ….. some day.
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