That’s the only issue I have with it as well, Emma is her own character – nothing else.
That being said, I’ve seen many parallels over time relating her to many stories and I think some of them might be little nods but for the most part it’s likely that it just sets her up as being plausible for coming from a FTL family. Anything that relates her to the world of fairy tales is a good thing and makes her “fit in” with the rest, so there are lots of different stories she has little connections to but I love when people discover these and share them so thank you!
There are a lot of them from Tinkerbell apparently (who knew?) which is great cause she should fit in with the Neverland crowd just fine then. 🙂 (Which is good since it looks like the 2 potential love interests in her life might have something to do with Neverland since it looks like NealFire spent some time there since he knows Hook, and then of course, Hook himself).
I know back in the beginning I connected her a lot to the story of Sleeping Beauty as well (cursed hazy sleepy town until their princess reawoke/arrived back there etc) but H&K have been pretty good about saying she’s just Emma so I guess we can just enjoy the nods and be happy that she fits in in both the real world and FTL so well. 🙂
Thanks for sharing though, those nods are really cool!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.