@darcyfarrow wrote:
That’s why I think it’s significant that Gold wasn’t in the vigilante posse. Either Regina thinks, despite what she called Gold’s violation of their agreement concerning Kathryn, that she and Gold are still allies, or something else is going on. Regina has taken away Gold’s happy ending too, whether he knows it or not, by kidnapping Belle, so he would have a legitimate claim on her conscience too. I think his absence from her dream reveals something about the relationship she thinks she has with him–or about her plans for him .
I think Regina still considers Gold her ally or at least he was when she had the dream. I think she’s going to turn to Gold for help about Henry and he’s probably going to reply with something along the lines of “I told you all magic had its price”. It’ll probably be at this point in her desperation that Regina will play her Belle card. As for how she’ll play it, that remains to be seen. The writers have said that Regina couldn’t just walk up to Gold and tell him about Belle because he would probably kill her and release Belle himself.
I have a feeling and I could be 100% wrong that Regina somehow arranges Belle’s release and convinces Belle that she’s her friend much like how she was Kathryn’s friend. That way, Regina could keep an eye on Belle and a leash on Gold whilst at the same time be protected from Gold’s wrath.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix