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@Faux Pax wrote:
I, personally, don’t really like the idea of Bae being Peter. It just doesn’t seem to fit his personality. Peter is impulsive and childish but Bae seems more cautious and rather mature for his age. Not only that, but, besides the faeries themselves, Peter is arguably the most magical person in Neverland (he is the only boy who can fly, after all). That doesn’t seem to fit with Bae, to me.
Yes, I can see arguments for Bae being Peter or the Wizard from the Wizard of Oz, but I’m not really fond of either idea because I feel it would be a cheat if the the bean took him some place that there was magic.
That’s also an excellent point about it not really fitting Bae’s personality. Not that people can’t change like I expect I’m sure he has, but it would be strange, I think if he went from a cautious, mature boy to a boy that refused to grow up, then assuming he’s Henry’s father, which I'm 99% sure he must be based on the most recent TV Guide spoilers, turning into a man that acts like a boy who then becomes a mature an adult by the end. It just seems like a lot of personality changes for one character even if he is several hundred years old if he were Peter Pan even his dad. Maybe if he was just Peter Pan, but since I don’t think he’s just going to be Peter Pan, I think they’ll just have him be Bae, Henry’s dad, and whatever alias he’s calling himself on Earth.
I’m rooting for Baelfire to be Henry’s father too. It just makes too much sense to not be true. And it would add an extra element of mystery to Henry’s character. Henry could quite possibily have two of the most powerful parents on the show. Emma is the savior, and the curse is actually about Baelfire, so that makes him significant as well. His parents will have a direct connection to not only the curse, but the center of the story. So, with Henry having such powerful parents, what does that make Henry? He could end up being this story’s Luke Skywalker for all we know.
Yes, obviously Henry is already a very special kid, but I do think that it would give him even more of a purpose in the story if Bae turns out to be his father and Rumple his grandfather. One of the reasons is that I just feel like there would be a nice balance/symmetry between the family unit of Emma, Bae, and Henry.
For instance, right now at the IMDb forums, there’s a lively debate going on in whether or not Bae’s or Henry’s way is better in dealing with their respective evil parents. I think both kids are right in how they handled it because they’re not exactly the same situations, but I was thinking about how if Bae turns out to be Henry’s dad, they can help each other gain some kind of perspective or balance I guess. I’m not saying that Henry has to ever forgive Regina or be a part of helping redeem her, but I think it would be wonderful to see father and son bond eventually over the situations that they were put into to. Maybe Bae could help Henry see that Regina might be evil, but she wasn’t always that way, and Henry could help Bae come to terms with his own father.
Plus, I think that they could all help each other with the terrible situations life dealt them. Bae and Henry could help Emma understand more what Emma’s parents were trying to do for her since the former was actually abandoned by his parent, perhaps by both his parents, and the latter completely understands why his mom gave him up for adoption.
Of course, they would all give each other the family that each of them wants but doesn’t have yet.