@playarita wrote:
I thought that maybe Arawn, the ruler of Annwn might have felt that the sleeping curse was encroaching on his territory or wanted to ensure that the heroes (they are the ones who usually fall under the curse) have a chance to awake from the curse and fight the villain.
What are everyone’s ideas about Netherworld and what might happen to Charming?
Thanks for the information. It finally came to me that after episode 8 about how this season is all about the unconscious/conscious/limbo, and I wished I had seen it earlier because of how they chose to open the season with Sleeping Beauty being awakened from being under the Sleeping Curse. In fact, every episode this season has some kind of reference to that particular theme usually as a significant part of that episode.
Episode One – Storybrooke residents continue to experience their awakening. Sleeping Beauty is introduced. A wraith removes Phillip’s soul, but perhaps he is not dead just not with his body anymore.
Episode Two – Storybrooke residents realize that they cannot leave town lest they lose the memory of who they really are which keeps Rumple from his main goal of reuniting with his son Bae.
Episode Three – Okay not as much as the other episodes, I admit, but if Snow weren’t unconscious, Cora would have never been able to get close enough to Emma to find out about Henry. However, this wasn’t necessarily too bad, at least in that episode, because it makes Snow realize that Lancelot is really Cora.
Episode Four – Belle’s father would rather she not have any memories of her FTL self if it means that Rumpelstiltskin won’t be in her life.
Episode Five – At the end of the episode, “Daniel” seems to be existing in some kind of state of limbo that sounds incredibly painful for him forcing Regina to finally let him go. She also starts visiting the “conscious” of the show.
Episode Six – The dream catcher could be a hint that Neal is not just a normal person because most, well actually I would say based on my experience, everyone that is his age would know what a dream catcher was. The big thing though is we find out that Aurora and Henry are having the same nightmare.
Episode Seven – It expands more on Aurora’s and Henry’s nightmare. Ruby’s story could also tie in because she was unaware of what she did when she was in her other mind.
Episode Eight – Obviously, the whole episode is about the unconscious.
I think that Ethan Embry's character, Barrett will be someone that is connected to the Netherworld somehow, so Barrett could definitely turn out to be Arawn.
I thought this was interesting from your link too,
According to Koch,[4] the name Arawn may be derived from the Biblical name Aaron, the name of Moses’s brother, and so is ultimately of Hebrew origin and meaning ‘exalted.’
It definitely fits with K&H’s style to have another Lost nod in OUaT.