Re: David’s lapses

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From the podcast comments section,

StarryDreamer wrote:

I’ve been thinking about what David was looking for. Dr. Whale suggested that David was just returning to his comatose state (if we are to trust a man that got his medical degree from a curse). Thus his non-cursed state? In his non-cursed state what was he looking for? Initially I thought it would be Snow since he was near the Troll Bridge (according to Emma). But he ran in to MM/Snow and was still in his state of mind. Was he maybe looking for baby Emma?

My reply there was:

Perhaps David was looking for his true identity. He seemed to be in a limbo state, like between a hazy dream (SB) and reality (FTL). I think that when Mary Margaret read to David, it caused him to wake up from his comma. Then, he was in a comatose like state, and though functional, made his way to the troll bridge, because he was searching for something familiar. Yet, it wasn’t until Mary Margaret found him and gave his a kiss of life that he awoke again. Could he have slipped back into a comatose-like state after Mary Margaret rejected him?

I’ll add here that I thought it was very interesting how David’s moments of amnesia in SB seem to parallel the blackouts Red had in FTL when she was in her wolf form. I think the writers are highlighting this for a reason.