No worries, there’s an awful lot of stuff to get caught up on.
No kidding. xD I delayed joining the forums for a few weeks because I felt like it would be hard to wade into the middle of something this big– but the people seemed so much fun and I love the podcasts, so I went for it! Thankfully so far everyone’s been really gracious and nice about my newbie-ness so far, though. haha.
Perhaps part of what made her so completely horrible was her fear of Rumple…of deals she made with him going awry…and/or of having to make more deals with him if she couldn’t get what she wanted on her own.
I think it definitely ups the stakes, that’s for sure. I had thought she made sacrifices maybe by marrying Henry Sr. if she didn’t love him, or that she worked really hard and possibly had to do some awful things like poisoning or sleeping around or the typical things you hear of people doing when they have extreme political ambitions… but bringing Rumple into it adds a whole new level. He seems to have the knack of taking what people TRULY want in order to give people what they want in the moment, so I can get that Cora’s loss was very steep. I think she is concerned for Regina, but more than anything the idea that “I paid dearly for this, don’t let it go to waste” is probably at the forefront.
Kitsis and Horowitz have confirmed that he only got his memories back when he heard Emma’s name.
Okay, yeah. That’s what I always thought, but you’re right about posing some problems regarding how he got Henry. I can only assume that either there was a sort of inevitability about it, he had outside help from somewhere, or he made some sort of provisions ahead of time with his “I can glimpse the future” powers. xD I’m sure this question is moot because I’m sure SOMEONE has, but is there a thread anywhere that talks about how Rumple got Henry? I’d be interested to read the theories on that.