Re: So What Did August Show Neal in the Box?

[TheGoldenKey]

@AntBee wrote:

@Faux Pax wrote:

I don’t think he liked the Dark One’s magic because it took over his father.

Good point. and if you pay attention to the way he says “Magic is everywhere” it seems like telling a kid in our world that they were going to a world without water–just because they hated stromes, doesn’t mean they never played in a puddle.

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ETA: Someone or several people perhaps have already tweeted Jane Espenson with the correct answer. It could still be anything, but I’m hoping it was the drawing of the dagger in the box.

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3215290&view=findpost&p=15337662

ETAA: Here’s even more Jane Espenson spoilers mostly about the box, http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3209355&view=findpost&p=15338134

-She said what was in the box was both a “big… shiny… red… mystery” and then a “little.. shiny… mystery”.
-She seemed to imply that a potential Regina-Love-Arc was going to happen in the future. I could see this sense Daniel told Regina to “love again.”
-She said it wasn't Pinocchio's/August's fault that he gave into temptation because “he's just built that way.”
-She implied that August went back for Emma because of guilt, not because of a directive from someone else, but left this open ended.
-She would only say Neal “believed quickly” but wouldn't disclose if he had a FTL connection or not; this was as far as she would describe his connection to the object in the box.
-She confirmed that Aurora and Henry had the same dream.
-The reason August didn't tell Emma about her destiny is that he “doesn't deal with responsibility well.”

I agree with the poster that wrote this that it's either a heart, the picture of a dagger, or perhaps both right now.

Interesting about August doing so out of guilt and not because the Blue Fairy contacted him, but there's wiggle room there since she left the answer open ended.

Ok, don’t know where I’m going with all of this as my mind is racing right now, but I’ll throw some thoughts out there.

I was tweeting with Jane on Sunday as I see the episode an hour before everyone else. Here is one of our tweets regarding the box:

TheGoldenKey ‏@AuridelDawne
@JaneEspenson @KitMoxie Finished watching & HUGE congrats to Jane & Kit for another outstanding episode! PS What's in the box???!!!!
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4 Nov Jane Espenson ‏@JaneEspenson
@AuridelDawne @KitMoxie Ha! We aren't telling! Not yet!
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4 Nov TheGoldenKey ‏@AuridelDawne
@JaneEspenson @KitMoxie I'm hoping it's a picture of a dagger 😉
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I’m going to look at her other tweets from the night. When I read about it being BIG RED SHINY I automatically thought of the Rubbie Slippers.

So here is what I'm thinking. We know that Jefferson's hat could only port between magical worlds. Oz is a magical world. We also know that both Dorothy and the Wizard travelled between Oz and the real world. What if Blue contacted The Wizard and gave instructions to keep an eye out for Emma & Pino? What if The Wizard were the middle man, looking out for Emma during the curse? What if he got a hold of the Rubbie Slippers and showed those to Neal? What if Ethan is the Wizard of Oz & Barrett, and that is why he is now mysteriously showing up in Storybrooke?

Like I said, just random thoughts that started running through my mind when I read those spoilers. Going to check on Jane’s other Sunday tweets.