A twitter photo was released today that strengthens my thoughts that Henry is not Regina’s biological father. Cora tried to make Leopold a cuckold by passing off Zelena as his baby. She was thwarted by Eva. The origin of the word cuckold is from the cuckoo who lays her eggs in another birds nest and the chick hatches and pushes the other eggs out of the nest. The symbol of a cuckold is horns and Henry Mill’s tomb, Regina’s family vault is adorned with the symbol of horns. My theory is Cora passed off Regina as Henry’s child but her father is not Henry…thus the nod to him being credited as the Valet. Could Cora have glamoured herself to look like Eva and slept with Leopold…making Leopold Regina’s father? I doubt this because it would introduce unknowing incest on the part of Regina. I don’t see the writers going there. The only way this would be possible is if Regina and Leopold never slept together which could be inferred from Regina saying their marriage was in name only and that it was not a real marriage which could indicate they had a marriage contract but not sex. Or perhaps Cora became pregnant by King Xavier and he was the father? If true time will tell. I’ve also wondered if Snow’s parents are biologically her parents. What are Eva’s hidden secrets? Do we have half sisters in the mix? Cousins? Did magic steal another woman’s egg and then carry it in a barren womb passing the child off as their own. I don’t know but it would be an interesting twist.
An image I can’t get out of my mind is Charming putting the vial of entwined hair (resembling DNA) into a golden egg and then shoving that egg inside Maleficent while she was in dragon form. Quite the imagery. Also interesting that Snow’s coffin resembles a cocoon. OH I think the coming episodes are going to bring us back to everything we thought we knew and we are going to learn the ultimate untold story. It is interesting that Maleficent has horns…so very, very interesting. There is a shot of Regina braiding young snow’s hair…the episode where there is a vision of her strangling young Snow with the necklace (was this Regina’s vision or Snow’s vision). In the foreground is the statue of a dragon clutching a round globe like object. Whose statue is this? Snow’s or Regina’s. I think we have much to learn. Even if this theory is wrong I believe and ultimate twist is coming and it will change the way we watch the entire series. Eddy and Adam have indicated the relationship between Snow and Regina is ground zero. They have also indicated that the final battle will bring us back to Season 1. I’ve just had a new thought. If I had to take this theory and push it all the way to the edge of reality I would ponder if Snow was still barren and an egg was stolen from Regina and used to create Emma. Thus making Snow a surrogate for Regina’s child Emma….Emma who has magic like Regina has magic. Emma who was trained in Magic like Granny trained Red. Who knows…but it is going to be interesting. What would be a motivation for this? Snow may not biologically be who we think she is. Thus she needed a donar egg. The theory is stretching into crackpot at this stage but it never hurts to speculate. The idea of stolen eggs and unknown family ties fits in with little egg clues throughout the series. Snow was caught in Red’s henhouse stealing eggs. We just had an episode were young Zelena healed a cracked egg and restored the birdnest. I go all the way back to the promo photos from the beginning of the series. A photo of Snow in a nest. A photo of Regina in a nest. A photo of Rumple in a nest. The storybook has highlighted the letters OUaT…OUT. One flew east…one flew west…one flew over the cuckoo’s nest. OUT spells out. One egg pushed out and relplaced with another. Or it could simply be Snow…Eva and Leopold with some recessive genetic trait that would create some sort of mutant monster…glamored into a beautiful Snow but in need of a donar egg. It is such a crazy thought but what an amazing reveal that would be. Snow and Emma possibly sisters as well as mother and daughter. Regina an unknown mother…hole in the heart filled. Or Regina as an unknown sisster? The possibilities can go multiple ways…but wow! I think of that shot of Regina on one side of the door and Emma on the other side. What a fun thought and beautiful way to bring the book to a close…unknown Mother, Daughter, Sister ties.
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