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I'm theorizing them sitting in the writer's room going, "Shit. How do we fix Robin and Regina?" Because it'd be completely out of character for Robin to leave Marian, and Regina is trying to be a good girl (pfft). I don't think they know what to do, so they're not focusing on it. I do ship OQ, but I can't see a good way out of this unless Marian is a casualty of the Snow Queen. And then I seriously doubt Robin will go running back to Regina. There'll be a period of mourning. I don't see a happily ever after for OQ until the end of maybe 4B.

The ring of light was Emma's magic vanishing because of Zelena's curse, I thought. AND they had just buried the father of Emma's child, so I don't think there were many feelings aside from the need to save Killian's life.

My little CS heart really wants it to be Hook and Emma, because I think they are destined for a TLK somewhere. And these speculated failed date spoilers make me think they're setting them up for a "Are they really meant to be?". However: We've seen that Rumple has a white streak in his hair. So is his heart frozen? Or maybe just his head? Uuuuugh Granny and Gepetto. Fifty Shades of Cocoon.

If Emma and Hook are the focus of all the Snow Queen lore, why the heck are we casting all of Frozen? We could have just had the Snow Queen and that was that. Now we've got Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Hans, and Pabbie. They have to fit in there someplace. I'm perplexed at how they'll meld the main cast with the Frozen cast. I'm starting to wonder if the return of the Hook Hand is permanent. I'm starting to suspect that the clothes and the hand are pretty temporary. What a bummer for Hook if they are.

Maybe Eddy and Adam were listening when we had crackpot theories about Hook being controlled by Zelena? You know we inspire them, afterall. I'm not too concerned about Shiny Pants. More distracted by the fact that he's little in the middle but he's got much back. Dat ass.

Just to toss in some of the mythology - apologies if this has already come up... In The Snow Queen story, the Queen manipulates a "boy" to forget about his beloved and behave out of character. Is it possible that Hook blackmailing Rumple is some of this?

My theories are getting shot down left and right. LOL Ok, so the 300+ age for Blackbeard is unlikely. But everyone's related, right? The thing that's troubling me now is the "married as". That's a strange combination of words. So..."Hook and Emma are married as Prince Charles and Princess Leia"? So it's not really binding or anything? Or "Abigail and Charming are just getting married as Snow sweeps in to stop it"?

Who's betting on Blackbeard being Hook's Papa?

A TLK with Hook will probably bring Emma's powers back. You know, this show tends to be all round-about. A kiss takes them away, a kiss brings them back. Sherwood Forest seems the most likely destination for next season. I can't imagine we're going to spend a whole season in the past...

Someone point out on TWoP that it looks like Abigail behind Emma and Hook dancing??

From what I gather, Emma's magic must be gone. So the CPR she gave Hook did it, or there was a kiss. The end of the episode must be super effed up to allow this to get out. I have a bad feeling that something happens to Snow. It's the title and going all the way back to "Snow Falls" that makes me think it. Something must have to change in the past. Maybe Snow has some kind of medical complication from the birth of the Little Prince? I wish I could hop in over at TWoP, but I never signed up before the closure date, and they're not accepting new submissions for screen names. :/

I can't keep track of these crazy timelines!

http://tvline.com/2014/05/02/once-upon-a-time-ginnifer-goodwin-charming-baby-season-3-finale/ - Burned at the Stake?! Wow. Well, witches are burned at the stake. And they're also dunked in water. This plus Hook getting doused makes me wonder if Zelena isn't trying to off folks in the way that witches are traditionally killed? I'm concerned about Marian. I feel like there's going to be some twist which screws with Outlaw Queen. Like she isn't actually dead or something. Way to make Regina all non-trusty again. My wedding speculation is Ariel and Eric...has anyone heard if Joanna Garcia Swisher has been spotted/credited? Hook as royalty: J.M. Barrie's original states that if Hook's true identity was known to people, it "would even at this date set the country in a blaze". Maybe Hook doesn't even know who he really is. I had a crackpot theory about how the Wizard was wrong and Hook is actually the son of Cora and Jonathan, with Jonathan being an uber-douchey REAL Prince who was just blowing Cora off...notice Cora never says the baby is a girl. But...I forgot that Rumple plucked a hair to verify Zelena's lineage. So that's out.

Hello, all. Longtime TWoP lurker, first time poster. I'm so glad to have found where you all are -- I've been DYING to jump in on some OUAT discussion since I started watching the show in January (I Netflixed the whole series in like two weeks). You'll probably find me mostly in the Spoilers thread, but I'm a Captain Swan and Outlaw Queen shipper too. Sooo...*wave*