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The Author, The Quill, and the Ink

Home › Forums › Once Upon a Time › Season Four › 4×18 “Sympathy for the De Vil” › The Author, The Quill, and the Ink

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  • April 19, 2015 at 9:23 pm #302088
    RumplesGirl
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    Ok, let’s put all this together. In order to write stories (or record them, I suppose) you need to be appointed to the holy and sacred duty of “Author.” You must be given a Quill made from an Enchanted Tree. And you must have ink…specific ink. Without the ink, the Quill won’t work. And in order to properly record, you must be/have all these things.

    Did the Sorcerer set these rules? The the “universe” or general concept of “magic?”

    And if a new Author can only be chosen after the previous one dies, how did the last stories in the Book–Emma in the wardrobe for instance–actually get into Henry’s book?

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    April 19, 2015 at 10:09 pm #302104
    TheWatcher
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    And if a new Author can only be chosen after the previous one dies, how did the last stories in the Book–Emma in the wardrobe for instance–actually get into Henry’s book?

    There is another author who wrote the final stories of emma’s birth and everything between but he or she is now dead and the role of the author goes back to Isaac by default?
    I was wondering what kind of ink is it that makes it so special? Squid ink? Enchanted tree sap turned into ink? Because if they have no ink, how does rump plan to rewrite the stories?

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    April 19, 2015 at 10:11 pm #302106
    MatthewPaul
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    Do we even know for sure if Isaac is still technically the Author? He could be manipulating his way to try to get his power back, while another Author had already been chosen this entire time. Or at the very least, the Apprentice was filling in for the Author during that remaining time period leading up to the Dark Curse.

    April 20, 2015 at 2:54 pm #302221
    Heart of Darkness
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    So I guess Rumple will now somehow take the ink from Cruella’s body?

    April 20, 2015 at 4:21 pm #302240
    PriceofMagic
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    So I guess Rumple will now somehow take the ink from Cruella’s body?

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    The author was still able to write after the Cruella events.

    All magic comes with a price!

    Keeper of Felix
    April 20, 2015 at 4:29 pm #302243
    Slurpeez
    Participant

    Ok, let’s put all this together. In order to write stories (or record them, I suppose) you need to be appointed to the holy and sacred duty of “Author.” You must be given a Quill made from an Enchanted Tree. And you must have ink…specific ink. Without the ink, the Quill won’t work. And in order to properly record, you must be/have all these things.

    All this talk of specific ink makes me think of squid ink. In S2, Rumple had used squid ink to write Emma’s name hundreds of times on a scroll, which Snow then blew on to open up the magical jail cell. Squid ink can also immobilize magical creatures like Peter Pan, so maybe the heroes will use it on Rumple. I think we’ll be seeing Ursula again.

    And if a new Author can only be chosen after the previous one dies, how did the last stories in the Book–Emma in the wardrobe for instance–actually get into Henry’s book?

    I always assumed that was part of the Blue Fairy’s final preparations. Maybe she went in search of the Sorcerer to amend the rules and appoint an interim author (in case the author is ever rendered incapable of fulfilling his duties).

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    April 20, 2015 at 4:55 pm #302250
    TheWatcher
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    So i think Rumpel is going to use Cruella’s hair to get ink.

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    April 20, 2015 at 5:40 pm #302254
    Heart of Darkness
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    Heart of Darkness wrote:

    So I guess Rumple will now somehow take the ink from Cruella’s body?

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    The author was still able to write after the Cruella events.

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    Yeah, but right now he’s out of ink.

    Rumple said he “plans to obtain some very soon” and that “everything [he] needs shall fall into place” once Emma’s heart is darkened. Definitely makes me think he’ll get it from Cruella.

    April 20, 2015 at 6:20 pm #302258
    PriceofMagic
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    Perhaps Emma’s dark heart is what produces the magic ink?

    All magic comes with a price!

    Keeper of Felix
    April 20, 2015 at 6:55 pm #302263
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    Perhaps Emma’s dark heart is what produces the magic ink?

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    Squeeeeeeeze the heart and ink comes out?

    I might never stop laughing.

    "He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
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