CityGal

Exactly correct. You got it.

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

Lacey was a false persona since the spell was cast, and before that were all imaginations, per se. Those were not memories, because they had never happened. "Lacey" didn't exist before Regina cast the spell on her.

DigificWriter

^ Belle still has the memories of being Lacey, though, because that's how Regina's memory spell works.

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

I didn't deny it. From Lacey to S2 finale, she was Lacey while her Belle persona was suppressed, and before Lacey, she was Belle, the beauty who fell in love with the beast.

DigificWriter

^ The thing is, you're saying that Emma and Henry won't still have the false memories that Regina gave them anymore once they get their real memories back, but that's not how the memory spell works, as we know from the events of the last part of Season 2.

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

I said that because it's a different to Emma and Henry. For instance, Emma holding baby Henry in her arms, that part will be replaced with her real decision, which is the season opening scene wherein she cocked her head to one side refusing to bond with him. From that event to the winter finale is what Regina's spell provided to her, and all of these is false.

DigificWriter

^ Logistically, that part of Emma's memory about Henry's birth cannot be a fabrication regardless of what J'Mo May have tweeted.

You and I are clearly not going to agree on what's going to happen once Emma and Henry get their real memories back despite the show having shown us what's going to happen, and it's kind of pointless to keep going in circles, so let's agree to disagree and move on.

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

We're arguing about what has happened, while what's going to happen remains to be seen. My point is that her false memories from Henry's birth year to the winter finale will be replaced with her real experience when Regina's spell on her is broken.

DigificWriter

No, they won't, but let's move on.

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

There're two versions of Henry's birth, one is about "giving him up for his best chance", the other is keeping him henceforth, and according to JMo's tweet, the latter one is false, which means it never exists and will be replaced with the former one. The same goes to the following 12 years within her false memories because her false memories contradict to her real experience. As to Henry, he can't be raised by Regina in SB while being raised by Emma during the same time, therefore what he will remember is being raised by Regina when the spell is broken.

CityGal

It's clear he's not understanding. Yes, let's move on.

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

Hypothetically, JFK wasn't assassinated. He finished his presidential term and it somehow led to today's America. This is the kind of spell that Emma is under, and when it is broken, the assassination, Johnson's succession and so on will be remembered and that hypothesis will be gone. I don't know why this is difficult for you to understand. Whatever you think, JMo's tweet shall prevail.

Ron_Beckett

Which JMO tweet?

I_Love_Siobhan_Magnus

A confirmation of the you-can-still-change-your-mind-and-then-she-changed-it scene being a false memory.

DigificWriter

^ Logistically, that cannot be a fabricated memory regardless of what J'Mo says.