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@RumplesGirl wrote:
If Emma keeps the book, then she bound to stumble across pictures of Charming and Snow and Regina. They are in there. We’ve seen them. They are often used as transitional pieces to get us into FTL from SB via Henry’s POV. Maybe that will lead her to accepting the truth of FTL. And then, and only then, can she start to really break the curse.
I’m hoping that Emma DID actually recognise Jefferson and his daughter in the pictures, beyond just, “Huh, turns out the Mad Hatter really did have a daughter.” If she actually noticed the resemblance, then I hope she also recognises other book illustrations if she looks through it a bit more.
@rumplegoldfan wrote:
I also wonder if Emma doesn’t necessarily need to be magical in the true sense of the word to have magical abilities to the FTL/SB characters. Emma is the only character so far that bridges FTL, SB, and the real world. So, in a way, if Rumple, Henry, or August can get Emma to believe in the book she would be pretty powerful because of the knowledge she would have and because of the ability she would have to travel between lands (especially now that we have seen the Mad Hatter episode). Like Rumple said at the end of the Heart of Darkness episode she could be more powerful than she knows even if she can’t do any magic in the true sense of the word – especially if the FTL characters can’t do any real magic in SB. And I wonder about that now because of the scene between Mr. Gold and Regina outside the Sheriff’s office last night – if they could do magic, it seems like whatever went wrong, would not have gone wrong.
It’s seemed to me up to this point that no new magic can be conjured up by anyone in Storybrooke. There’s residual magic that came over with the curse, like poor Graham’s heart, but it’s not like Regina can cast new spells. So if in fact Emma did create a magical hat, that’s quite an intriguing development.
We don’t actually have confirmation that the hat WAS magical. It’s reasonable to assume that it was, and that Jefferson got transported somewhere, but there’s always the chance that they’re messing with us and he just landed safely and scurried out of sight.
There’s no doubt though, that as you say rumplegoldfan, traditional magic aside, Emma’s knowledge and belief will be a powerful thing. More powerful than the curse.