Reply To: if it wasn't Zelena who cast the curse then who did?

[Hook’s Girl]

I’m guessing that with Snow and Charming’s blessings, Regina has recast another version of the dark curse. The loophole being she has already sacrificed the heart of the thing she loved most. Or, possibly, in the missing year Robin and Regina fell in love, and her sacrifice was the memory of that love.

An actual heart isn’t necessary for Regina,as we saw when she cursed them back to EF, and sacrificed her son’s memory of her.

I suppose the drawback would be why did Zelena come with them. Unless, she didn’t come with them, but got there, somehow, on her own. Maybe she stole the Jolly Rodger, and it’s still there, docked in Storybrook, under another invisible cloak spell.

I think it’s Regina too. This time it was to protect Baby Snowflake. Maybe thinking it was the only way to get away from from Zelena, not knowing about the silver shoes. Maybe part of the loophole of not needing an actual heart is that she won’t remember casting it or maybe it’s a way for her to not remember the past year’s pain of losing Henry. Or maybe she does use Cora’s heart (eeeew). A reverse of the reversed dark curse. You would think they wouldn’t have any memories at all if it was like the old curse, and not just the past year’s memories. SB still looks the same. The inside of Granny’s, Regina’s, Rumple’s & Snowing’s places all look the same. You would think if someone else cast the new curse, even if it was Zelena, SB would have at least small differences. Their own spin on how the town and their homes would look like.