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@Lil’Red wrote:
TimeSpacer, I really do like the idea of Rumple writing the book. He seems to be linked to all the stories. The scene in the Price of Gold, where he tells Cinderella ‘every story needs a memorable detail!’ keeps coming to mind, because HE was always the person to add that detail – he definitely was working as an ‘author’ in these different fairytales. Knowing that Rumple could see the future to some extent (there’s probably some limitations) could explain why he made the book prior to the curse, knowing that the savior would have a son who would need it, read it, and bring his mother to town. (Limitation possiblility: doesn’t see that his son is the father of the savior’s kid???) If Rumple made the book prior to the curse, I still wonder how it ended up at Mary Margaret’s…I’ve wondered if Rumple was behind Snow having her engagement ring in Storybrooke, so he could of planted the book with her things also.
Before I knew he didn’t regain his memories back until Emma told him her name, I thought for sure it was him. I guess it’s possible that he made it and did something to ensure that it would end up in Snow Whte’s possession before the Curse was activated like how he made her ring a locator for Charming to find Snow White, but I’m still unsure about him being psychic. It certainly seemed that way in the pilot, but details do change from that. I agree that it doesn’t quite make sense though if Bae is Henry’s father why Rumple would see Emma and Henry and not know Bae’s is the father. I think he’s just very good at predicting human behavior which makes it seem like he’s psychic.
As if the Charmings, Regina, and Rumple didn’t already have enough reason to hate each other, the feud for Henry could be pretty intense. I wonder if Baelfire would even side with his father if Henry was his son or if it would be a four way battle: Charming/Snow/Emma vs. Regina vs. Rumple vs. Baelfire…with a separate Bae vs. Emma throughout. 😈
Oh poor Henry! I would hope that Bae wouldn’t do that to his son because my head canon currently is that the few memories he has of his mom is of her fighting a lot with Rumple, and Bae always felt it was his fault that they were both miserable. So I would hope that while probably being angry at Emma for awhile for keeping the news from him, they would both be able to act like adults instead of him joining the fight for Henry too. Plus, I hope he’s a “good” character despite whatever he might have done that while probably not being too well liked by the Charmings at least at first, would join their side in the battle, especially over his father’s side and definitely over Regina’s side.
AntBee, I guess I feel like Baelfire would have put his father’s story in the book (call it bitterness or a warning to Henry about what his father is capable of since Bae (if he knows about the curse/Storybrooke) doesn’t know it’s to find him/his papa’s messed up form of apology..).
That’s a good point that to get back at his father or even to let his own son know about how his grandfather can be, you would think he would want everyone to know Rumple’s story, but I guess my thinking is that Baelfire wants to keep his story a secret more than he wants to expose his father.
Until a possible plot twist next season, I’m with you that the Blue Fairy seemed to have been ‘awaken’ in the last episode.
The Blue Fairy made a lot of sense as the author too, but at this point I think it’s sort of a cheat if we find out now that she had her memories back all along since there hasn’t really been any hints in season 1 aside from her meeting with August which I think was more of a misdirect than a reveal that she knew. (Although one of the administrators at Once Upon a Time’s Wiki disagrees with my idea because he/she swears that with close captioning on and the volume way up, Mother Superior tells August, “I can’t do anything with this body.” I still don’t believe it because surely everyone in fandom would have heard and seen this happen. Also, from the recent interview with Keegan Connor Tracy, I didn’t get any impression that the Blue Fairy knew all along. Sadly, I also didn't get the impression that the Blue Fairy has any hidden agenda either.
I do think it’d be an interesting twist if Baelfire has been working behind the scenes (like papa, like son and possible grandson) last season. Again, I’m buying that the BF didn’t have her memory so who else is aware of Rumple’s beginnings: the dagger and a son? No one who could still possibly be alive besides Bae. Really do think Bae is August’s ‘little fairy’! If Baelfire and August did meet up in their travels, trust each other to admit their from EF (or maybe fairytale characters are just drawn to their own?), then Bae could have very well have made the book with August explaining the stories (a kid hanging out in a palace had to have heard most of these tales!) August knew enough about the book to find it and add his story: how did he know about the book in the first place? Or gain the equipment for book-making?
IDK, but it'd be interesting if Henry finds a new story in his book about passing through a green vortex and landing in a world of skyscrapers. 😀
Yes, I think August knows about the book from Bae or working together with him on making it unless it’s a plot hole that they never explain which could sadly be true too.