I was actually hoping for a tie in to the tin man episode. It was mentioned there was a Wicked Witch Of the South. Would have been neat if it had turned out this blind witch was her.
At this point I still say they should have made it be Zelena from Wish realm or Zelena from FTL 2 to have been the one who got into with the witch, have her have been killed. (Which would explain why she doesn’t show up in present day) and just have Hansel think our Zelena was her.
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