Could this be young Captain Hook?

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@RumplesGirl wrote:

@slurpeez108 wrote:

I agree that Greg has intentionally returned to SB, because he was there as a boy. Also, if I had to guess, HER is someone significant, and I don’t just mean Greg’s significant other. She could be someone mythical herself, from another land like Oz, and she sent Greg to learn more about the magic Greg recalled seeing from childhood. That way the theory about Greg being adult Owen, the boy who inspired Regina to adopt Henry, could still be reconciled with the idea of Greg being the wizard of Oz, who is from our world.

H and K said that in this episode we’d be seeing the first week of cursed SB, so I’m going to guess that the curse wasn’t working fully for the first week or so. Lots kinks, ect, which would help explain how an otherworldly character got out of SB when all along we’ve been told that bad things happen to those who tried to leave cursed SB.
As regards Oz: I’m in love with the idea that we could go to Oz soon (Wizard of Oz is one of my very favorite movie), but what if Greg isnt’ Oz YET? What if he’s from there, came to SB with the curse, left at a young age, is now back, and I’m going to guess he finds himself traveling to Neverland with our heroes by season end, and then somehow becomes Oz. What this rests on is figuring out how the Curse affected all the other lands. I think we assume/know that those who had dealings with Regina (Jefferson, Frankenstein) from other lands came through b/c they had dealings with her, but what we don’t know yet is how lands/people that had never been in contact with Regina were affected. Seeing Neveland at the end of 2 is going to help here a lot.
Ok, I just went off on several tangents. Sorry! 🙂

The glitch I see with Owen being youngGreg, that would prevent him from also being Wizard of Oz, is that the Wizard’s story already played out in Oz’s history, which is how we’ve known the story in our world for some time. So he can’t have been a kid in ’83 when SB was created, because the Wizard was already an adult. So the only way he could be the Wizard, and also be a kid in ’83 is if Oz was in the future and he got dragged back and de-aged or something, which I wouldn’t really want them to do. Of course, we have had mention of “turning the clock back” recently, with Rumple and Nealfire, and also with August in the ep after this one, but that’s a specific spell that’s put on someone, not a case of traveling back through time being the thing that changes someone’s age.

The Wizard theory for Greg fits for me because I believe he’s someone with knowledge of magical worlds, which is why he sought out SB. In the traditional story, The Wizard leaves Oz, intending to return to our world with Dorothy, (until she misses the balloon ride and uses the slippers instead), so I’d find it totally believable if the Wizard and Dorothy (Her) knew each other in our world in present day, and were fascinated with tracking down a town full of storybook characters. For all the obscure clues there may have been about Oz, the thing that made me really believe in the theory was that they could slot The Wizard into the present day, real world story, in that believable way.

Of course, if Owen does end up being young Greg, I’ve got no doubt they’ve got a really cool story in mind for that. But I’m gonna cling to the Wizard theory for a little bit longer. My Blue theories came crashing down yesterday, and I can’t bear losing another theory as well just yet. *throws self on floor dramatically* 😆

PS. RumplesGirl, going off on tangents is to be expected when discussing a show like this. I’m guilty of plenty of “stream of consciousness” posts. 😆

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