3.16 Title = It’s Not Easy Being Green

That would feel ret-con-ish to me. When we saw Jefferson and Grace, I got the impression that her mother had been someone he’d been truly in love with and happily married to until something went wrong and he lost her and gave up his work as a result of his grief over it all.

I agree. If Jefferson is involved it wasn’t he who turned her evil.

I had the impression Graces mother was stuck in another world for some reason, lost but not dead.

Agreed. Jefferson very specifically says that he “lost” Grace’s mother.

My heartbreaking headcannon was she was Jefferson’s romantic/work partner and became pregnant. He had to do a job for Rumple and bring someone here. His partner waited for him in the other world but unexpectedly she gave birth early to Grace. She insisted that Jefferson and Grace go back to FTL and he come back for her when he can find a way/person willing to trade out. Only he could never find her/the world again by the time he did.

Oh that is heartbreaking. And makes total sense

but I agree not likely Stan will return and that his story is mixed in with Wicked. It is fun to speculate what if though.

It is a long shot. Sebby is quite busy and even though I know they want him back, they might send him to ONCEWL before ONCE because he is the Mad Hatter after all.

It would be odd to see Alice without the Mad Hatter.

Notice the color theme. So far we have white, red, gold, blue, and a LOT of green
…..wait… Would cora be purple¿

Good point Obisgirl!

I’m wondering about Cinder’s speculation here–I guess it is possible that Rumple baby swapped Regina and Wicked.  I’m not 100% on board with the idea because they cast Henry and Xavier in a way to align with Lana’s heritage, but who knows.  Mader’s very pale (when not green!) with red hair and I suppose Cora had dark red /brown hair and was pale.  I’d buy Cora had a 2nd kid, but doubt it was with Rumple, don’t see him going near her again romantically. I could see him getting a deal out of Cora for a 2nd kid though,  after whatever events led to Xavier’s kingdom no longer existing/Cora & Henry Sr. no longer being royalty just nobility, which then resulted in some kind of “truce” of sorts that lasted a long time until Regina’s marriage when Rumple saw an opportunity to manipulate and exploit an emotionally vulnerable Regina.

I’m beginning to have doubts over whether this episode is a WW episode or whether this is a Tinkerbell episode. Normally the villain centrics don’t happen until towards the end of their villain arcs, this episode is happening in the middle of the mini-season

Also Tinkerbell is called Green by Blue. Perhaps this episode shows how Tink got to Neverland or maybe it’s what Tink did that made Blue say she was already on her second chance. Maybe it’s how Tink met PP and supposedly became one of the people he could trust.