charming wrote: August the white knight taking Emma along like Alice. When Emma reaches the eighth rank she’ll be queen because she is Snow White and Prince Charming’s daughter. She’s already a princess so her becoming queen is not far off and the knight cannot cross the last river when Alice but in this case Emma to be crowned.
Thanks for this charming! Several different ideas have come together in my mind this morning with your help. August may have what it takes to enter FTL through any mirror (looking glass). He may show Emma how that’s done and advance her dramatically toward becoming a Queen. The magic involved in entering through a looking glass would certainly trump Regina’s which depends on Jefferson’s magic hat.
The caterpillar’s question: “Who are you?” that annoyed EQ and Jefferson in Wonderland — is key to entering through any mirror. When anyone looks in a mirror (except vampires) s/he sees a reflection of personal physical appearances. Nothing is revealed of her/his inner life, soulfulness, connectedness to others or a burden of past history. Reacting to physical appearances prevents entry through the looking glass. Expecting the mirror to show “who’s the fairest of them all” makes the mirror impenetrable. Seeing through physical appearances to the inner truth opens up access through the mirror. Seeing others with this same serene insight sets up their accompaniment when entering through a mirror.
If Emma can come and go between FTL and SB through any mirror, she will be able to elude Regina in SB and mess with what’s happened in FTL to break the curse.