@infinitypalm wrote:
Regarding whether Emma’s name was the trigger for Gold’s memories–Kitsis basically confirmed this (Horowitz also mentioned that the issue would be explored this season).
Potentially spoilery source: http://youtu.be/c1OXRubP8Ro
He did infer that possibility. Although, then that begs the question of how Mr. Gold knew to bring Henry to SB, which is inferrred by Regina at the end of episode 2 — The Thing You Love Most. She accuses Gold of engineering things so Emma would come to SB.
@infinitypalm wrote:
Getting back to the Blue Fairy/Mother Superior, after re-watching this episode I realized that you can kind of hear bits of dialogue between her and August when they’re walking out of the convent. I thought I heard August say something about his body, and Mother Superior telling him not to do anything rash, to come to her before he thinks of doing anything, and that things will work out. This only increases my suspicion that she knows.
As to which side she’s on: I tend to agree with the view that her use of power is primarily about maintaining order, at least according to her idea of the way things should be. She seems concerned about keeping everyone and everything in their proper place–dwarves should stay in the mines and should not mingle with fairies (just make our fairy dust, be happy and don’t ask questions–how convenient for them), fairy godmothers help certain people but not others…
I think this is well said. I like the idea that it is about keeping order for her, especially since she seem to be part of an “order” in SB, LOL.
As to why she didn’t help with the other things and do more, there is probably a balance as to how much she chooses to interfere in the general affairs and choices of the people in FTL.
Cinderella did have a fairy, just not the BF, that came to help her. That fairy was ambushed by Rumpel for her wand.
It seems the faeries tend to work more on an individual basis — Cinderella, Jiminy, Bae, Pinnochio. They also seem to work, so far, on behalf of the younger denizens of FTL.