I’d love it if she was lying about Lancelot being dead, because I’d love to see more of him. Dunno that she’d bother to keep him alive though. Wonder if she can only shape shift into someone she’s killed…or someone’s heart she’s stolen?
Oh man, that comment above just gave me a new thought…you know how Regina's gonna think she's seeing Daniel's ghost in SB?! 😮
If she can’t shape shift into being someone who’s still living, then that would rule out her being able to pose as Snow, or Emma, or any of the major characters in SB, so they wouldn’t be able to abuse that power from a storytelling standpoint. Though, even if she can shape shift into the living, there’s no guarantee that her magic would work the same in SB anyway.