Sweetgrass–Cora explicitly said any child she had would not be Rumples. This was not about Xavier expecting Cora to be untouched but Cora was not going to fulfill her bargain with Rumple because he could only claim a child he fathered by her under the changed deal. If he were the father, she would have to give him the baby and we know that didn’t happen. That’s not to say Mal, & WW could not have been cousins to Regina, give them excuse to bring Rose back as young Cora with three girls playing together in the background or something while she and Rumple spar about something, maybe the Globe she gives him later, that he eventually uses to find Bae. Maybe Cora did something and put the blame on Aurora’s mother, and that’s why Mal cursed her in the first place, then went after Aurora? Anyway, If they do this thing of Mal & Wicked being sister, it would restore some faith for me in the storytelling if they pick up all these dropped things going all the way back to Season 1 with Mal and Regina, who made the curse, S2 about Aurora’s story, the wraith and all this.
KFC I realize Rumple and Cora had a deal. In my post, I speculated that is why Cora sent WWW to Oz so that Rumple could not collect on the deal. Cora doesn’t seem the type to abandon her child. Henry Sr. was completely cowed by her and if she became pregnant I don’t see why she would not have passed off the child as theirs.
Honestly, I think Rumple being related to Oz characters makes way more sense than being related to Pan. I can see Malcolm becoming the wizard, but not becoming Peter Pan. Malcolm and the Wizard of Oz are basically con men and the transformation fir one to the other makes sense. Malcolm and Pan have nothing common at their core. Malcolm was a very desperate man and not particularly clever. Pan is smart in control and clever. It was too big a leap for me to stomach. Sadly, the ship has sailed on that matter.
I think Rumple having a long lost daughter is far more interesting and gives more interest to his relationship with both Regina and Bae. for Regina it sheds new light on Cora and Rumple’s relationship. It also explains rumple’s interest on her. With Bae, it has him face a new sibling and relate to his father as someone who just found out he had a child. At this point, I don’t care who is related to whom because the family tree is already and mess and the Pan reveal botched the tree for me. basically in for a penny in for pound reasoning at this point.
Despite everything I’ve written, I am not wedded to the idea that WW is Rumple’s daughter. It would have been a way better route to take than the Pan father. Like I said earlier I can get behind a Malificent sister storyline.
Keeper of Hook and Emma's smoldering first kiss, a certain Pirate's sauciness, the Evil Queen's snarkiness, Grumpy's gruffness and a drop of true love to make it all go down smooth.