I’m not really sure where this goes considering there’s like three different threads relating to the Author, but I stumbled across these questions on Once Upon a Time Fan podcast.
What would happen if the author didn’t manipulate the story?
Would Rumpel still have spoken with the seer?
What if Cora didn’t kill Daniel, Regina never learned magic, Zelena was never abandoned or Pan never left his son?
Did the author take away their chance for a happy ending by creating a better story or did he only provide reasons for what they inevitably would become?
Ultimately, we are who we are because of decisions we’ve made but what happens when you have been manipulated into those decisions?
Can you fault someone that has been lead and influenced to be a villain?
If the lives between a hero and villain were switched, would the outcome be the same? Are we all one decision away from becoming a villain and could a second chance alter the course of history for the better?