Re: News for 2×8

[Slurpeez]

Phee wrote: That theory has popped up a couple of times, and it’s one of those theories where trying to figure out the logistics of it makes my head hurt. Taking this new info into consideration…Cora hanging out with Hook could well suggest that they have a history, and she could have been Rumple’s wife who ran off with Hook. However, there’s been a casting announced for Milha, who is believed to be Rumple’s wife, making it unlikely that she became Cora. Though I suppose they can only make Barbara Hershey look so young, so if they wanted to flash WAY back, they may need another actress. But then if YoungCora ran off with Hook, they would have been the same age then, and Barbara is older than Colin. That could potentially be explained away if he was living in Neverland where he didn’t age, and she somehow ended up back in FTL where she DID age, but she would have had to jump forward in time, because Rumple is centuries old, and though Cora is powerful, I don’t think she’s THAT kind of powerful, where she can live for centuries. And then there’s the miller’s daughter thing. The way it was mentioned made it sound like it was common knowledge who her parents were, which probably wouldn’t have been the case if she was born centuries ago and has since ducked back into FTL at some point after running away from Hook, who she’d run away with to Neverland. *headdesk*

That’s a great, well-thought out theory, Phee! Careful with your head hitting your desk though 🙂

I’m suspecting that the corner of FTL that wasn’t touched by the curse, was protected because Cora was there, and as the mother of the curse-caster, she could generate some sort of immunity to it, and she’s now the big bad who rules over it.

Since both Regina and Rumpel know that the Enchanted Forest still exists, I think the curse was designed to protect a remanent of FTL. They may have plans to go back there some day.

hjbau wrote: I sort of imagine that while part of fairytale land was protected as in the people did not go through, that the other parts of fairytale land are still there, right? Though maybe not. I just keep thinking that they really should show Emma and Snow go back to the locations that Snow remembers like their castle. Emma could see those places, but who knows it really did look like the world broke apart around them in the pilot.

I love that idea, hjbau! I’d love for Emma to see the castle where she was born. Sadly, though it looked pretty ravaged when the dark curse hit there.