Cool idea, Dorothy. And I agree – I don’t see Bae in him at all.
Maybe Peter Pan sent the white bird to the Mystery Man in 2×01 (if that man turns out to be Baelfire)? On a related note, I wonder if they plan to bring in the whole troop of Lost Boys along with Peter into the story at some point.
Also, just thinking out loud: but if Peter was trapped in our world, maybe it was because Hook was involved somehow. If that’s true, then it could explain why this Peter/Barrett character might have “a dark side” and want to seek revenge.
I think it would be incredibly evil to force the boy who never wanted to grow up to, well, “grow up” by imprisoning him here.
Phee wrote: Could Barrett potentially be from our world but NOT a storybook character? Like, some sort of paranormal hunter type, who senses there’s something going on in that area and comes to try and stop it? Maybe someone who’s been keeping an eye on Neal and follows him there? Dunno that they’d consider introducing unrelated real world people at this stage of the game, (or ever) though, so that may be too far fetched of a theory. Just got to wondering about it because it’s not like Pan would have a wildly different “way of life” or beliefs to the inhabitants of SB, whereas someone from our world who thinks magic is evil would. Unless that’s relating to Pan having defended his magical way of life while being stuck in our world.
Yeah, I was wondering if they would go there. I’m not sure how I would feel about a twist, along the lines of the-outside-world-discovers-Storybrooke. If it’s just one or two characters, I could maybe see it working (for example, if the writer of the book turned out to be “real-world” character, or if Henry’s father turned out to be a “real-world” character). Otherwise, I think it would make the show too bloated. All the drama between the characters in Storybrooke would probably seem less important if the real world was bearing down on them.