I really hope we see Rumple’s mother in the near future. Because, I’m very intrigued by her now after seeing who his father is. I kinda hope his mother was magical and that is why he was always near magic. (Ex. Magic bean, dagger, and the seer.)
My theories for Rumple’s mother:
1) Wicked Witch of the West from Oz (For some reason I like this theory)
2) Blue Fairy
3) Dorothy
4) Other character
I like the Dorothy idea. Maybe she and Malcolm were circus travelers or something, thinking to Oz the Great and Powerful. I am thinking she was a little crazy after her visit to Oz (or at least people thought she was, pulling from Return to Oz.). She ran away to join the circus or maybe eve the gypsies (could pull a little Hunchback in with Esmerelda) and she meets Malcolm there. She has little Rumple, but is called back to Oz (to save it from the Nome King as she does in The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz) from which she doesn’t return. The whole second half of the Oz story involves mirrors pretty heavily as well, since Ozma is trapped in one by Mombi and Dorothy is able to communicate back to Oz through one. Easy way to portal to Oz in OUAT. Also an easy way to segue into Oz as a land in OUAT by telling the rest of Rumple’s back story. So with Dorothy gone, Malcolm uproots with baby/little Rumple, assuming Dorothy has died and continues his life of crime, leading to nobody trusting him… leading to the Spinsters giving Rumple the bean which takes them to Neverland, etc, etc. I still think Sneaky Fairy IS the Wicked Witch of the West and faked her death in Oz to escape to the EF when the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz take place. And an out for Nova… perhaps SHE is Glinda since she was pink and inherently good, so I could see her being the Good Witch of the North. All the witches are actually fairies. Some good, some bad, some sneaky.