So the speculations are:
- Snow queen was Emma’s foster mother (or planned to adopted Emma but didn’t do it in the end)
- Snow queen was the person who run Emma’s foster home
- Snow queen was Elsa’s mother (not her aunt) , that’s how Elsa got her power.
- Snow white’s mother (Eva), Snow Queen, and Elsa/Anna’s mother were 3 fairies in the movies of maleficent or sleeping beauty. That’s why Snow Queen knew Emma & Elsa & Anna.
It seems that ep 9 is Emma's centric again, le sigh.
How can they gave Emma 2 centric episodes but not gave Regina centric episode at all? or maybe ep 8 is gonna be regina?
These are written in other forum:
Centric episode of season 4:
5: emma
6: belle
7: snow queen
8: ?
9: emma
10: maybe ensemble, with the focus on frozen, snow queen, emma
11: maybe ensemble, with the clue for 4B
if they don't gave Regina a centric episode at all, I'm gonna rage