@infinitypalm wrote:
I think there’s a good reason why Henry can’t seem to figure out who Mr. Gold is…yet (as he said to Emma in episode 4).
Rumplestiltskin is the only character that apparently knows or has been involved in practically everyone’s story, right up until Emma is saved from the curse. This is why I’m inclined to think that Mr. Gold is the writer of the book, not August. That would certainly help keep him busy while waiting for Emma to show up in Storybrooke.
Wow! Your whole post makes so much sense to me, and I had forgotten that Henry didn’t know who Mr Gold was. It would make absolute sense that he wasn’t in the book. And with Gold still loving to strike deals across town, you would think it would have been an easy link for Henry to make. Rumple not being in the book is an awesome theory!! Great thinking!