@Midnight Dreary wrote:
Personally, I just think Gold and Regina are desperate to keep Cora out of Storybrooke. They’re not purposely trying to hurt Snow and Emma. Besides, killing Emma probably isn’t high on Gold’s priority list. He still needs her for that favor she owes him. So, I don’t see him trying to kill Emma.
Yes, I agree. It appears that the main purpose of the spelled portal is to keep Cora and Hook out of Storybrooke. So, their intentions are not to harm Snow and Emma, but to keep Hook and Cora out. And Mr. Gold can’t afford to lose that favor Emma owes him. He needs her to retrieve Baelfire and we still don’t know what purpose the Savior is meant to play in post-cursed Storybrooke. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more that Mr. Gold requires of her.
Having said that, Rumpel and Regina’s plan obviously doesn’t work because we see Emma and Snow reuniting with their family and friends in behind the scenes photos. Unless the whole “imposter theory” turns out to be true.