Reply To: Where is August/Pinocchio? Theories about his role?

It’s the month of August, so the time for talking about our gingerheaded boy who used to be a scruffy, cryptic enigma wrapped in a riddle and stuffed in leather pants.

I’ve been reading all of the essays on   Screwball Ninja lately, and wishing she would do one on August.

I have so many questions about this character, and even more “headcannon” to explain away how he got to be the way he did.  I wish the show would SHOW more, and I know many people felt his   “happy ending” was not actually a satisfying resolution of this character’s role in the story.

We ought to find out how and what he knew about the curse.  How did he know about the dagger? We can guess BF told him some stuff before he left or gave him the book, or that Bae told him some details of his life.  We don’t KNOW it though. We weren’t shown it.

I love Demileto’s theory that little puppet Pino went to Pleasure Island AKA NL.  I think that would be the perfect way to wrap the character into the present tale.   Maybe rebooted August has selective memories of his past life that start to resurface (no friends with benefits in Phuket memories please!).

And while I don’t quite think the timeline works out here, it could be interesting to tie back to when we thought Whale was actually a whale, as in Monstro.  If they did do puppet Pino, maybe we could find out about the thing that was attacking them.  I’m just angling for more on the magic versus science (that really is magic) here.

Another question, like Emma, he was out in the real world. Did he meet NO one who was completely non-magical who ever cared about him enough to wonder where he went? I wonder that about Emma too, but I guess the answer we were given is, not really.   But what if his little bedmate in Phuket wasn’t just that?  It is a show about hope and happy endings, but the drama and conflict needs to be continual so if they wanted, they could tap back into this character and mine his story for more.

Too creepy for a halloween episode? Pino walks into Gold’s shop and discovers his puppet grandparents and brings them to (evil Chuckie-inspired puppet) life?