Participant I can’t see it going beyond season 5, but if there is to be a season 6, it would be nice to see -Science vs magic picked up again -Reasons why our land is ”without magic” or has residual magic that people have forgotten about -Reasons why RH and EQ can exist together in the same world at the same time, (and be born at roughly the same time) even though they were ”known about” by the people of LWM at different points in our history -Reasons why we the people of the LWM know about these characters, and at different points in our history.
For the selected above questions I offered this theory elsewhere that I think really works:
THEORY: The Author records and spreads the stories to generate belief. Magic runs on belief. Magical realms run on magic. If belief is gone those worlds will cease to exist. Its like the “God Needs Prayers” trope. Something similar happened in the Kingdom Keepers book series about the kids at Disney world who had to fight the Disney villains. Every child making wishes and believing every night at Disney world actually brought the characters to life. If its the same thing in OUAT, if they don’t tell the stories people will not believe in magic and these worlds will never be. Merlin is a prophet. And so was Rump. And we know the future is never truly what it seems. That explains a lot. Merlin foretold things of the future for certain stories and told them in advance to certain people who passed the stories down. The details were not exact and of course they got changed a lot too as they were passed down but eventually the stories came true as he foretold. The Author records the true events as they occur.
I think its a sound theory.
Yes, I have a similar theory that I came up with during the summer break between season 2 and 3, inspired by 1) the Neverending Story and 2) Wendy telling stories to the Lost Boys in the original Peter Pan and 3) Sophie’s World
I would like the writers to actually provide answers to my questions, however. I don’t want to just theorize, and it would make a great short season 6 😉
Keeper of Regina's bravery