I was thinking some other ways to having a tidy end of series endgame, is if Regina, Hook or Neal somehow ended up ‘young again’ like August did (I cant put the other’s from the ‘big 6’ into that possibility, as I can only see that making more loose ends), it would be hard for instance, to eventually ‘not forget’ how the now child Regina did all the horrific stuff, as she’d be Regina as she should/wanted to be, not as she was manipulated into being previously & so would/ could be realistically be included with the big 6 family.
I haven’t used Hook or Neal as the example, as we don’t know enough about their back/ full up stories yet.
I don’t really love the idea of young again & I haven’t gone into the circumstances of how it could happen (again all these things would happen AFTER or as part of redemption/forgiveness, NOT to avoid it!)- but if it’s that or death, young again works 😉
Memory loss could work as well I suppose, but would be harder to work in.
The same can be said for either Hook, Neal or even Regina dying after or in the process of redemption I guess (like any of the 3 throwing themselves in front of another to ‘save’ them- this would be after forgiveness etc or while its taking place kind of thing). A&E have already said no one is safe a war is coming & there will be deaths. I only mention those 3 as any of the others would cause more lose ends not tidy them up 😉
Also since I find it obvious, but others may not- Neal, Hook & Belle are only included in these endgames since they are deeply entwined in some of the big 6’s stories & their input is needed for ultimate redemption of Rumple in particular.
I really don’t want to write another long post, my lunch break is almost up! So I’ll leave it at this very simple basic level 🙂