August = Tin Man ??

If August needs to stay away from water, why would he be drinking it all the time?

I was just watching Tin Man with my boyfriend and thought the actor who plays Tin Man in there looked like one of the dwarfs. But I would buy this theory a lot more than the Pinnochio theory.

@hjbau wrote:

I really like him being the tin man. If i could pick today who he was then i pick the tin man though my mind goes through a bunch of possibilities all the time. They also showed an illustration from the wizard of oz in the pilot of Dorthy, the tin man, the scarecrow, and the flying monkeys.

Exactly! I’m hoping those clues actually have some importance to them. But next week's episode title and synopsis make me lose hope. But then again, last week's episode was entitled “The Return” and had the image of a motorcycle riding through the woods in the opeining sequence. But did anyone return? No. Was the episode truly about August? No. So, I'm hoping next week's episode title and synopsis are all just red herrings and we'll find out at the end of the episode that he's actually someone else.

Having said that, the new sneak peek with Pinocchio and Monstro actually looked pretty interesting. I'm actually excited to see their story.

But next week's episode title and synopsis make me lose hope.But then again, last week’s episode was entitled “The Return” and had the image of a motorcycle riding through the woods in the opeining sequence. But did anyone return? No. Was the episode truly about August? No. So, I’m hoping next week’s episode title and synopsis are all just red herrings and we’ll find out at the end of the episode that he’s actually someone else.

Im with you on this 🙂 I have fingers & toes crossed for a whopper red herring 😉 .Ive started to go off of August now, just because it’s looking so likely he’s Pinno (I read Pinno as a kid & HATED! him- he was an obnoxious pratt that just wanted to do bad things- even Walt Disney couldnt stand him & so gave him a personality transplant to try make him more likable), so I now cant help but see a kind of off or greedy intention whenever he pops into the story.
I do think Ep 20 FTL story looks interesting tho, doubt it’ll make me a fan of Pinno or his story in the long run, but miracles can happen lol 😉 Pinno not = August would help a little lol :p

@gallifry07

I have some fairly long posts on August as Tin Man, The White Knight and/or Pinocchio and/or other identities. I also made a post concerning The Oz Phone. So, you might find some ideas and thoughts we have in common there.

Your screen name points to Doctor Who so you may enjoy my unusual but “highly probable” alternate plots and theories OUAT may be something akin to a hybrid version of the BBC’s The Prisoner series, (island village, citizens, spies, eccentrics, altered personalities) but using fairy tales as programming of Monarch Pawns – except Storybrooke is a conversion lab and The Blue Fairy’s “magic,” the psychedelic drug used in conversion. Trust me, it goes on and on and may be waaay off track but if you like intrigue and falling through the bottom of the rabbit hole and beyond, you might enjoy my musings.

There’s a good chance I’m on to something – or parts, thereof. Then, again, OUAT may just be a simple Fairy Tale with name twists – but I’ve a hunch the writers just needed to lure us into believing the story thus far, first, before they reveal the next layer of what’s really going on.

If you’re a Friend of The Doctor, you’ll have a different way of thinking about what is possible – and I’d love your feedback, as well as, anyone else’s who also thinks there might be yet another layer to the onion.