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@Josephine wrote:
Bee, this made me smile for some reason. I don’t know who he is, but it sounds good.
Aw, thanks. 😀 I feel weird stalking him through his Twitter, but I’m hoping he’ll reveal more information about his character since it seems like OUaT won’t. I also like how he tweets pretty regularly even if it’s nothing revealing about the show because many of the other cast members are also heavily into Twitter, so he should fit right in.
I have a feeling that whoever he is that he’ll be in Storybrooke first. I’m hoping as Emma’s ex and Henry’s father, but I don’t think they’ll introduced him this early. But like others have said, I’ve gotten it wrong a lot. I was convinced August was NOT Pinocchio because of the red hair. I thought all the clues were red herrings. So I have no idea who he’ll be.
I think he’ll be introduced in Storybrooke first. He just looks like a “modern” type of guy to me, not that he couldn’t do a period character, but I have a hard time picturing him in Fairy Tale Land as some kind of knight, lord, or whatever. That’s one of the main reasons that I think he’s Bae and/or Henry’s father because then I don’t think he’ll have to do that many if any scenes in the past/or in Fairy Tale Land. I know it’s not a very logical reason at all. 😆
I wouldn’t think they would introduce Bae and/or Henry’s dad this early either, but I didn’t expect them to break the curse this soon. So I guess there’s still a chance that he could turn out to be either one or both.
They are SO messing with us. Stupid ‘mysterious-man’ label!
They totally are. It’s so frustrating, and we haven’t even gotten any pictures of him in Storybrooke just hanging out with fans in his costume even though we know he’s already up there.
Beaman: I really think this is the Storybrooke counterpart of Hook, that a notorious pirate would be a real world antiques dealer that obtained some pieces through….questionable means.
I agree that Beaman is most likely going to be Hook’s Storybrooke counterpart because of his names and the description of his character.
Smee: I even think I suggested this at first, thinking he had to tie in with Hook (and that MJR would make a cool pirate based on what I’ve seen him in). Really though, Smee is comic relief. I’m not saying the actor couldn’t be a riot in a comedy, but I haven’t seen him in that role.
I think he could be funny, but I’m not sure if they would include Smee that often just for comic relief on the show. The show is small in the sense that there are only 6-7 main cast members (Emma, Henry, Snow, Charming, Regina, Rumple, and probably Belle), but there’s so many other characters now and so many other characters that they want to bring in that because whoever Michael Raymond-James is going to turn out to be is going to be on pretty regularly this season, I think he must be more important than as a sidekick like Smee.
Jack: He does have a swagger and since Jack is going to be a criminal: I could see it. Also, Jack sounds pretty layered as a character.
This is still my guess just based on his past roles because of the swagger that he’s shown, and the unfortunate fact that he’s been typecast as someone that’s usually a criminal. I don’t know why they won’t just come out and say that he’s Jack then. The only explanation that I can think of beyond the Bae/Henry’s dad mystery is that perhaps Dr. Whale or someone else is Peter Pan, but they want us to think that Michael Raymond-James’s character is going to be.
Peter Pan: Not my favorite option, but looking at the tree house picture…and the episode order, I am starting to wonder. I would be shocked to watch MJR on a sunday night, flying around in green tights…so maybe it’s a wonderful idea?
I would be shocked if he were Peter Pan too for the reasons you gave. I have to admit that they would totally be going in a different direction than what I usually imagine Peter Pan to be like, so I would have to give them credit for that. However, just imagining MRJ flying around in green tights is already sending me into fits of giggles. Plus, if he actually ever had to wear that iconic costume, I would just never be able to take his character seriously again.
The thing is, I would hate (if he is Peter Pan) that he was also Emma’s Ex, Baelfire, or all three. Baelfire landed in a world without magic and, since he probably had horrible experiences in our world like all the other FTL kids, the least they could give the character is a period of time without dealing with magic, fairies, and power-hungry adult males! About the Emma’s Ex part: I don’t want the excuse for whatever happened between them to just be, “Well gosh! He never grew up! Isn’t that just adorably forgivable?” No, it’s a cop-out! I’m even for Emma’s Ex being her true love, but that’s WAY DOWN THE LINE! Seasons away! I read too much into, “Well if true love was easy, then we’d all have it.”
It really is looking like he could turn out to be Peter, so I’m trying to be open to the idea. I don’t like it for the reasons that you don’t like the idea either. I expect Henry’s dad to be very immature or at least was back then, but I do think it’s a cop-out to give him the excuse that he is/was immature because he’s Peter Pan. Also, if Peter Pan is also Henry’s father, it might feel too much like they’re ripping off the movie Hook.
Plus, I would never be able to trust the show again if they had the Blue Fairy saying that Bae would go to a land without magic, but then he landed in Neverland just because the circumstances changed. If there was an indication back in season 1 that it could be true, I would be okay with it like I was okay with finding out the wardrobe actually could have held 2 people because it happened in the same season that they lead us into believing that it could only hold 1 person.
I was ready to finally admit that MJR is probably going to be Baelfire, Henry’s dad, Emma’s Ex, and Jack upon entering this forum today….but now I’m not sure. I assume Baelfire, Henry’s dad, and Emma’s Ex is going to be a pretty big character and in most, after he’s introduced, episodes. It doesn’t make sense, based on how central I thought Bae would be, that he would be flying back and forth for a season. Is that normal for main cast members? I don’t stalk their twitters. (probably should). Clearly, he is going to be an important character, if he’s flying back and forth.
I’ve never followed any actors’ schedules for a show until now because I always start watching a show where there’s big mysteries like OUaT after the show has been on awhile not while everyone is talking about the big mysteries, so I’m not sure how their schedules work either. It seems like it’s pretty easy for some of them to take off for a few days like Josh, Ginny, and Emilie based on recent pictures of them on their break time outside of Canada, so if he’s on their level of importance, which I would expect Bae and/or Henry’s dad to be, I guess it wouldn’t be that unusual for him to be in Vancouver mostly but to be able to fly back and forth for a few days at a time when they’re on a short break or there’s very little of him in an episode.