OMG guys, it’s 5:30AM, insomnia strikes and I just had an epiphany. We’ve been looking at this alllll backwards, or at least, I have not seen anyone say this. Regarding the characters, who the WoO parallels & the finale – it’s so obvious!! It’s not Emma who is Dorothy – it’s Neal!! Why do I say this? What has Neal’s 3B been about so far? Finding his way home to Emma and Henry. In the MGM film, who does Dorothy find her way back to? Aunt Em & Uncle Henry… because THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!! I really just want to face palm, here, bevause that is so freaking exceedingly obvious I feel like no one has seen the forest for the trees. Guess it’s the spoiler of doom clouding everyone’s judgement. The only question that leaves for me then is, if Neal is not the heart, as so many have speculated, then who is?
I LOVE this theory – totally makes sense. I have been saying that Auntie Em and Uncle Henry cannot just be a coincidence. Adam & Eddy I believe answered a twitter question awhile back that Oz was in the cards from the very beginning…so I think they strategically chose the characters names based on where they’d like to go in the future.
If Charming is for sure the “courage,” then it’s possible Belle is one of the traits too – I’ve heard the theory that she’s the “brains,” but with Rumple being controlled by the dagger, it’s more likely he’s the “brains.” Perhaps Belle is the “heart.” If we have our Dorothy…who’s Toto? (I just couldn’t resist…)
Honestly, I know there’s this death spoiler looming over all our heads…and everyone is pretty much set on it being Neal. But from a storyline perspective it NEVER made sense to me that it would be Neal. Neal always seemed like he was set-up to be Emma’s happy ending. Perhaps things will be clearer after this Sunday.