Reply To: EW 3/10: Some Once Stars in S7 Contract Negotiations

I can see Emma dying as a 50/50…it could happen and it couldn’t. If we don’t get a Season 7, either Emma dies as the Savior or gets her happily ever after. If we do get a Season 7 without JMO, I see the show pulling a Vampire Diaries with JMO, and have Emma be placed under a sleeping curse and then have JMo return for the final episodes of OUAT leading up into the Series Finale.

If Emma is placed under a sleeping curse, and Ginny & Josh still want off the show, it could be explained with Snowing going back to the EF in order to search for some long lost magical McGuffin to break the “unbreakable” sleeping curse.  If Colin doesn’t stay, I can see them sending Hook off on the Jolly Roger to look for his on cure for the curse. And of course they all return in the end, for the final few episodes of OUAT.

If Lana wants off the show, I think Regina ultimately sacrificing herself to save her family is a good send off. I know peace in death sounds a little morbid, but maybe being reunited with her parents, Robin, & Daniel in the afterlife is her happy ending. And maybe towards the end of Season 7, Henry could summon his mother’s spirit for advice and Spirit Regina could give Henry one of those “Mufasa/Simba” talks and help him realize the hero she knew he was born to be. But if Lana wants to stay on the show, I think @RumplesGirl is right, and she’ll continue to be the Mayor/Guardian of Storybrooke, who helps Adult Henry in finding a way to wake up Emma.

If Bex wants off the show, then…I see Zelena leaving to go back to Oz to raise Robyn, and having a guest star in Season 7. If she stays, but Lana leaves….there’s a possibility that if Regina dies or leaves, she could repair her relationship and leave Zelena in charge as Mayor while she’s away or dead, as Zelena showed initial interest in the position back in Season 5. And if both Bex and Lana stay, well…I think nothing will quite change between now and a Season 7, Zelena will do whatever it is she does and Regina stays Mayor.

Overall…I think we should just wrap things up with Season 6 and be done with the series. Much like @TheWatcher, I don’t want to see OUAT get any worse than it already is, and it’s always best to bow out with grace. However….if there is a Season 7, I really think it would be about “Saving the Savior”. Much like Jesus story was, his death and resurrection….if Emma falls at the end of this season, possibly via Sleeping Curse, Season 7 could be about finding a way to wake her up, thus “resurrecting” the Savior.