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And I just don’t really see Rapunzel = Tremaine = Hook’s baby mama, because I don’t think it fits with what we know about him sneaking into his daughter’s prison to play chess with her and having her piece be the tower. That doesn’t fit if Rapunzel was his lover instead of his daughter.
What about Lady Tremaine’s cursed alias Victoria Belfry? I think that points to her being Rapunzel and having been locked in a tower. Also, the description of Rapunzel is that she seeks revenge, probably on Mother Gothel. We’ve seen that Victoria locked up the witch with the bad wig in her tower, which sounds a lot like revenge. I think that if Lady Tremaine is Rapunzel, then she will have a lot in common with Wish Hook, who according to the synopsis for 7×7, is seeking powerful magic to get revenge on Wish Rumple. I think all signs point to Victoria Belfry = Rapunzel. What her exact relationship with Wish Hook is based on the synopsis and photos of young Rapunzel and Wish Hook is the only question left on my mind. I suppose that Rapunzel/Victoria still could be Wish Hook’s daughter, especially since as you observed, Wish Hook was ageless due to being in Neverland, to which he could have easily sailed on multiple voyages going between the realms. It still seems like an odd choice due to how close in age Wish Hook/Rapunzel seem in the photos, but as you also observe, Wish Hook would sneak into a tower to play chess with his daughter. It fits too well to be overlooked.
Another possible scenario could be that Victoria is Rapunzel and lover of Wish Hook. They had a fling, he left, and nine months later, Anastasia was born out of wedlock. Being an unmarried woman, Rapunzel regretfully let Gothel, the only mother she ever knew, raise her baby in the tower, but she swore to herself to rescue her child and get revenge one day. So Mother Gothel raised, not only one, but two generations of young girls in that tower: Rapunzel and Anastasia. Years later, Wish Hook returned from one of his trips thinking he would find Rapunzel still locked in the tower, but when he got to the top, he was shocked and amazed to find Anastasia, his very own daughter. Never having expected to be a father, Wish Hook became softened and changed due to his paternal love for young Ana. Whenever he would return from one of his sea voyages, he would secretly climb the tower to play chess with his daughter until one day she was gone. Presumably Rapunzel married up, became Lady Tremaine, came to gather her daughter and get revenge on Gothel. Lady Tremaine destroyed that blasted tower, seeing how it is now in ruin, imprisoned Gothel, and took Anastasia to live with her, Drizella, and Cinderella until Ella accidentally somehow caused the “death” of Ana at the age of 14. That is why Wish Hook was seeking her but unable to find her again in EF 2.0.
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