@RumplesGirl wrote:
The only problem with the Beauty and the Beast idea, like a few people have said, is that it would happen REALLY fast. It would mean that Belle would have to fall back in love with Rumple in about two episodes (since we know Rumple is looking for Bae in at least “Tiny” and “Manhattan”) Plus, if they do it now they could never do it again, because it’s a very emotional thing that I think would only play out once to be effective on the viewers. So I like Phee’s suggestion that maybe because magic is different here the dagger won’t work in the same way.
Also, I’m not sure I like the idea of them killing Cora in this episode. They have so much story to tell: her connection with Rumple and I think they have to tell us more about her time in Wonderland, not to mention where her heart is and how many lands she’s been to and if she made alliances there (she told Hook she has traveled to too many lands to be stopped by Emma/Snow) I can see them taking Cora to the either the penultimate or season finale.
Yes, I can’t see them killing off Cora until the end of the season because then there would be a noticeable void of villains since Hook is so inept most of the time, and King George while being more menacing and effective, hasn’t been build up to be a season long threat the way that Cora and Hook are. He’s dangerous, but they’ve already defeated him twice in some way, so unless he got a hold of magic or told the outside world about what was going on, he just doesn’t come across as scary as Cora.