It does explain why Rump was so invested in Snowing’s love story and why he knows Emma’s name in particular when he didn’t know which Cora daughter would be the one to cast the curse. ‘Creating the future you wish to change’ as Daniel says.
He was invested in Snow’s love story before this, though. For example, he made sure Regina cut off trade with George in order to bankrupt him so that George would have to go to Midas, which causes James to die, which leads to Charming slaying the dragon, which leads to he and Abigail getting engaged, which leads to the decision to take the route through the woods, which leads to Snow robbing the.
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"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"