Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

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Playing on the title of 3×19… “The Silver Shoes,” said the Good Witch, “have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go.”

Neal did mention them in the beginning of the season. I would like to think there is more back story there other than a shout out. Possible explanation as to how Neal arrived in our world after escaping NL?

Head Cannon accepted.

Episode 319 is called a Curious Thing. I’m beginning to think that 319 could be a Neal & Rumple centric episode with a possibility of August showing up in a flashback or two. I believe that this will be a huge episode considering it’s written by Adam & Eddy

You’re right Neal did mention to Robin & Mulan that lots of things make portals. He mentioned Ruby Slippers specifically. So I’m thinking Neal may have spent time in OZ when Dorothy was there. It wouldn’t surprise me if Rumple had also been in Oz around that time as well. If that is the case maybe Neal also had a run in with the WWW. I’m thinking it’s possible that the Black Fairy could also be involved with OZ especially if she was banished from the Enchanted Forest by the Blue Fairy. I have a theory that it was someone from OZ who may have told August that Neal was actually Baelfire.

So when I googled “curious thing” just as someone else did, I came up with that Scottish pop song, and apparently Bobby is friends with the producer Paul Weller (He’s a known musician ) and the title of the record by Amy Macdonald’s lead single is “Don’t tell me that it’s over”. Who knows but maybe it could be a Rumple/Neal episode like Nasty Habits really was as their stories are often linked the way Snow and Regina stories are. I do think Glinda and the slippers will feature in it some way, but I’m hoping that it’s not just flashbacks for Neal here, that it will be the episode where we see him present day perhaps after being misled that he’s gone.

I can also see this as a possibility as well KFC.

this is probably old but… behold:

I think this is fitting