RG – I’ll join you in that positive thinking and hopeful frame of mind because it makes a lot of sense in a lot of ways.
Gah. I think I would find this season much more enjoyable without the spoiler of doom looming over everything. At any rate, I really like RG’s theory and I think she might be right after tonight’s episode. The WW does seem to be ‘collecting’ things that represent traits from certain characters and taking David’s courage makes him very lion like but in a reverse way. If that pattern holds (which is certainly looks like it does from the promo), then Neal is the Tin Man (heart) and Belle is the scarecrow (brains) and she’s going to do something to each of them in that episode taking that quality from them. I also agree that Neal’s probably being controlled the WW and I bet that’s why he hasn’t been seen…he either knows his heart is gone but can’t do anything about it or he’s being controlled by the WW and is trying to fight back by staying out of sight. I don’t really know which way that’s going but my question now is why does she need those things? Is it for some type of spell? What is her endgame here and what the heck is trying to do?! It’s all very vague at the moment but I think 3×16 may be the big episode to figure out what exactly she’s up to with this whole plan.
This sounds like it could be an amazing story IF THEY DO IT RIGHT. The lion, tin man, and scarecrow are VITAL characters to the Oz story and are also very important characters in Dorothy’s life. If Dorothy is Emma (which seems to be the consensus at this point), then NONE of these people are the spoiler of doom because that would seriously kill the hope in the story and take away from this Oz type of experience they’re doing in S3B. David will need to do something to get his courage back, Belle will need to use her smarts to help defeat the witch, and Neal will have to find a way to help without having his heart (though I really like the idea that the WW also takes a symbol of his heart in SB and has the pendent). They will all have to work together to beat her. Everyone seems to have a trait or characteristic from the Oz story except Hook…..and I don’t want to type this but he’s definitely the wild card here without an Oz persona and I think he will have to sacrifice his life in the end to help save everyone (perhaps even to save Neal’s heart). No way is Neal going to be the spoiler of doom though IF WE’RE RIGHT and I think we’re all on the right track right now. Again, if they do this right, this could be an amazing story so I REALLY hope they don’t eff this thing up!
BTW-Think about it….Emma as Dorothy may have to literally put Neal’s heart back inside his body for him. That’s like, the most porn type thing this show can do in the 8 PM hour for it’s couples 😉 and if we get that moment between them in the finale, then this ENTIRE MISERABLE spoiler of doom will be forgotten by me because that is BEYOND anything we could have ever dreamed for a SF reunion! Oh gosh, PLEASE let us be right….
#HopeforSwanFire
#MoreBOOMLessGloom