Greetings from East Mouseland…er, Florida

First, I’d like to thank folks for the welcomes.

@LisaFromOH wrote:

Welcome, Wayne, and Michelle, by proxy! 🙂 Glad you joined us on the forums! What was the theory your wife came up with?

After watching the Jolly Roger cruise into the bean-induced maelstrom in the last ep, Michelle exclaimed, “Bae is Peter Pan!” That’s when I remembered the postcard in 2×1. “The Little White Bird” introduced our world to Peter Pan, and I replayed the intro to 2×1 (I love DVR). Sure enough, the “Welcome to Storybrook” postcard showed a picture of the SB clocktower. 8:15. Big Ben was at 8:04 when Peter, Wendy, John, and Michael landed on the minute hand, which then sunk to the 3, making it 8:15, when Peter and the Darling children flew off to Neverland (1953 film). Also, I caught the dropping of the cellphone (a la Hook). Michelle has an uncanny ability to spoil any movie we watch, halfway through. (Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, The Ring, you name it, she’ll figure out any movie before it’s half over). She got me thinking about Bae being PP, and I figured that Mysterio was PP. Then I consulted my great friend Google, who provided a link to this forum. Now, I’m here. I am not completely convinced that Baelfire is PP, but I truly believe that Mystery Man/Neal Cassady is Peter Pan. Hook’s going to Neverland via Smee’s bean does give a certain presence to the idea that Bae went to Neverland, as Hook might want to get revenge on Bae’s father by killing Baelfire…Peter Pan. I also think that Bae/Peter might have visited other lands and taken on other personae. That remains to be seen.