@slurpeez108 wrote:
I’ve been wondering the same thing. Certainly, it would make the most sense for Dragon Maleficent to appear in the Sleeping Beauty story. Don’t think we’ll be seeing Maleficent in human form though, since the actress who plays her isn’t listed for 2×1, so if we see Maleficent, she could be her dragony-self. Perhaps the clips from 1×22 of Emma throwing the sword at the dragon were included in the new promo for 2×1 to indicate we might be seeing Dragon Maleficent again.
And if we only see Maleficent in dragon form, then it’s safe to say we’ll only get the end of the Sleeping Beauty story in this ep. Something else I’m still wondering is where that happens on the timeline. We know the first part of the story happened when Maleficent was younger, but we don’t know how long Aurora was sleeping for, so I’m wondering if she was woken up close to curse time. The thing that keeps sticking in my head is how Regina was unhappy that the sleeping curse had been broken with a kiss. If Aurora had already been woken long before then, shouldn’t Regina have assumed that sleeping curses could be broken with a kiss, instead of seeming blindsided by it? Anyway, with any luck, if we only get the end of the Sleeping Beauty story in this ep, they’ll later go back to tell the beginning of the story too.
I’m also wondering if the rune/medallion we saw Mr. Gold holding in the new promos is connected to this “evil foe.” In another thread, someone posted some excellent research about how the rune is associated with death and destruction. https://oncepodcast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=1444
Could the medallion have once belonged to Mulan, but unbeknownst to her, it was connected to an evil spirit? In the Disney version, Mulan received the crest of the emperor for saving China. On that medallian was a dragon! (I’m thinking this could be Maleficent the Dragon’s tie-in).
Oooo, nice catch! I know that what we’ve seen of that medallion it has some sort of rune-esque symbol on it, but we’ve only seen one side of it, so who’s to say there’s not a dragon on the other side, like the one in the Disney movie had.