I have mixed feelings on the Author(s) reveal. I was surprised by the idea that there was more than one author throughout this story… kind of made the reveal of a random guy trapped in a book a little less exciting. It made me almost feel like I didn’t meet THE Author. But just A Author.i guess i was excited about the prospect of who this author could be, and now i feel like its just some guy rather than the possibility of a charcter or a real author. On the other hand, I loved the shout out and explinations to storytellers in our world that we know and love.
I think mostly the shout out to Authors in our world wasn’t so much of a timeline clue but just an “easter egg” of some famous writters as a tribute to their work.
I don’t know who I expected to jump from the book,but it wasn’t the mischievious man this guy seems to be. Should be interesting to see where they go with this and how much power they reallygive him to write futures and endings.
Perhaps his involvement in the Snowing story changed the original outcome of what would haved been if they just continued home. Sort of like the changes made to the book from when Emma and Hook interacted with Snowing of the past. Maybe he cant write anything other than what happens, but by involving himself in the story he can steer them one way or another to MAKE a good story.