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I was pondering out loud yesterday about Dr. Whale’s identity and thought maybe it comes from a Welsh fairy tale (saying Whale’s outloud = Wales), so I glanced around and found one called “Lady of the Lake.” The title immediately jumped out at me because it seems perfectly made for a crossover in OUAT with something from Arthurian legends and we’ve already seen Lake Nostos with a siren in it, etc etc.
When I was skimming the first version of it I came across, I was beginning to lose hope until I got to the end…the lady of the lake’s 3 sons became physicians! In some versions they mention the lady of the lake having FAIRY blood in her, and it always ends with her 3 sons and their descendants becoming doctors as she was a master healer and taught them all she knew.
So I’m wondering, since the writers of OUAT love to crisscross all kinds of fairy tales (including some more obscure ones), if they somehow combined this idea of a fairy tale healer who is the son of the lady in the lake, and perhaps crossed it with something from King Arthur and / or a fairy. That got me thinking about the scene from the finale when Dr. Whale was reacting to having his memories returned and the Blue Fairy (Mother Superior) goes to comfort him. Perhaps “Mother Superior” is a fitting title for her more than just being the head of the fairies?
I know it’s a wild and crazy thought but since we haven’t been able to come up with some big name character we should recognize (like when we figured out Pinocchio), maybe he’s not a famous character that will “knock our socks off” (as the actor has teased) but rather, WHO the character is related to will shock us! (ie: the lady of the lake or the blue fairy, etc). Just a thought!
I thought he was the wolf at the beginning of the season so now I’m grasping for straws. Can’t wait til we know for sure!
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.