Reply To: 5×22 / 5×23 – Season Finale – Sneak Peeks (1-4)

But as Watcher pointed out in another thread, no magic to hold the sleeping curse means Belle could die. Like what happened with Henry in season 1 when he was dying before Emma broke the curse

You’re applying logic to a show that doesn’t know what consistency is. If the writers decide that “no magic = sleeping curse broken!” then that’s what happens (same with what you and Watcher are saying; it’s impossible to say because it all depends on what the writers want in that moment, so unknowable is their world building). The only thing “no magic = sleeping curse broken” would keep consistent is 1) Rumbelle TLK denial (an ongoing issue) and 2) Rumple = evil, selfish big bad (again, an ongoing theme)