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@Lil’Red wrote:
I just can’t see Baelfire writing the book: most of the stories included happened centuries after he left – I can’t see how he would know them. Since I believe he did land in a world without magic, the chance of a plot device intervention doesn’t seem likely either. Then again, the only options I can add to the table are the Blue Fairy or Rumple: since neither had their memories at the point of the books creation, that seems just as unlikely. The mystery of Henry’s book and Dr. Whale’s identity better deliver next season, because right now I have no idea.
That’s true I can’t quite place that in there, but maybe Baelfire had some kind of magical flashback type of thing (well not really a flashback more like a magical vision) when he came into contact with Emma and/or August.
I guess it’s possible that the Blue Fairy had her memories, but I don’t think so at this time. Plus, if Rumple isn’t in the book, I think that rules her out as the author unless she wants to keep the part about her helping send Bae to this world secret because of some kind of hidden agenda. Likewise, I guess it’s possible that the Curse simply wrote the book in order to get Henry to believe in the stories and bring Emma to town, but I don’t know how the Curse would explain August knowing how to put his own story into it. (I guess it’s plausible that he found out about the book from Henry in a cut scene because I’m also unclear how he knew about Henry’s book in the first place.) Since he had the tools in place though to add his story, I think someone must have told him ahead of time about the book’s existence.
Hang on, if whoever/whatever made the book left it for Mary Margaret to find, knowing she’d give it to Henry (who was the only person not effected by the curse in storybooke) then this thing must have also known that Henry was the Savior’s son, right? 😮
That’s what makes me think that if an actual person wrote the book and not the Curse, it was most likely Bae. How he got into Storybrooke undetected to give Mary Margaret the book, I do not know yet. Well that and basically how August came to know about the book, since I do think that Baelfire and August know each other, I’m not sure to what extent, but I believe that Baelfire shared details about his life story which August used to fool Rumple into thinking that he was Bae, because I don’t think the Blue Fairy would have intimate knowledge about Rumple’s back story. Plus, if she was the one that told August the information, it makes her seem like she was in on the whole plan to fool Rumple, which I don’t think she would be if she were a good fairy, since it would require Pinocchio to lie.
Still not convinced Rumple’s in the book, but maybe he is as his ‘imp’ character in a couple stories. Perhaps this is why Henry couldn’t place him. Even though I think Henry warned Emma not to make deals with Gold at some point (Price of Gold??), which would have been a dead give away IF Rumple’s dealings were all mentioned!, Gold is probably nicer to Henry then anyone else in Storybrooke. With what Henry knows about Gold: limp, antiques, suits, cane, Scottish, owns the town, and calls most people ‘dearies’, I can kind of see why he hasn’t figured out that THIS GUY was the imp in the jail cell.
I’m not convinced that Rumple’s story and his name are actually in Henry’s book at this time. He could just be an “imp” character like you say that way Henry wouldn’t be able to connect Mr. Gold specifically with Rumple. Just because Henry didn’t want Emma to have to owe anything to Mr. Gold, doesn’t necessarily mean that he found out later that Gold was Rumple although is doesn’t mean that he didn’t find out either, because Gold already had a bad enough reputation that could be why Henry warned Emma, and not because he knew Gold was Rumple.
Spoilering just in case,
I also wonder if a certain swaggering like Mick Jagger character has his story in Henry's book.