@SpinningGold wrote:
Xavier could have known that the only person in the realm that can spin straw into gold was Rumpelstiltskin (good chance he already asked Rumpel) so she had to have learned it from him.
And to Cora, Xavier was worth more alive then dead. 5th in line for the throne, remember? You can avoid an awefull lot of bloodshed if you can use the current King as puppet. All she had to do now was declare Henry heir to the throne.
Somehow I think Cora dislikes bloodshed and that is why she takes out hearts. It keeps people alive but controlled, which she prefers. As long as she does not kill them she can tell herself she’s not wicked. And the few she does kill,well they deserved it (<- How I think she reasons, not how I think)
Are you seriously saying Cora doesn’t like killing people? Where have you been, have you not watched this season at all? (jokes..but still) I mean, she massacred the whole refugee island back in FTL (pretty sure they were Zombies when she revived them in 2×08). Let’s not forget what she did to Johanna last episode.