Meeting The Author

[RumplesGirl]

This thought just occurred to me. Could the character of the Author be Adam and Eddy’s way of making fun of themselves?

Oh absolutely

 

[nevermore]

So this is probably totally a wild goose chase, but I wonder if the Author’s transgressions and what Rumple is talking about in his speech to Belle are in some way related? The theme in both of these moments is about bending/changing the rules, and Rumple actually says (cryptically), something like “And something else is about to change.” So he’s trying to change the rules to get out of his karmic debt for all the magic he’s used, but it almost sounds like there’s an additional external factor that doesn’t have anything to do with him.

If we assume that part of Rumple’s ability is to see the future, at least partially, is also shared by the Author(s) as some of the theories on this thread suggest, then wouldn’t it make sense that both have an endgame that’s at a more “global” level, for lack of a better word? Are they essentially bending / trying to bend the same set of rules? And is Rumple’s prediction that something else is about to change related to the Author being freed?

Another thought… a fairy tale happy ending is essentially the end of the story, where the curtain is drawn on the characters, and we assume that behind the curtain, things keep going in a peaceful fashion, but we’re not privy to it, since we’d be bored to tears. And in the words of the Author/Peddler, that doesn’t make for a good story. So, my theory is that, however he does it, the Author’s deal is essentially deferring happy endings forever (ex: Regina), or sowing seeds of discord/temptation such that they defer themselves (ex: Snowing/Emma). This way the show (literally and figuratively) must go on. And so if MatthewPaul is right, and the Author is a stand-in for A&E, then there’ll probably more meta from where this came from. From that perspective, Rumple is actually working to end the show. ^-^

[sanlucar]

I’m just going to throw this theory out there. I think the author wants to be the dark one, and rumple knows and he’s trying to make Emma the new dark one bc he knows she can make a balance of it since she’s all light magic and all that malarkey

[nevermore]

I’m just going to throw this theory out there. I think the author wants to be the dark one, and rumple knows and he’s trying to make Emma the new dark one bc he knows she can make a balance of it since she’s all light magic and all that malarkey

Ha! But to what end would the author want to become the DO? I mean, from everything we’ve seen, the job has its perks, but you’re never your own boss, and the retirement package stinks.

[sanlucar]

sanlucar wrote:

I’m just going to throw this theory out there. I think the author wants to be the dark one, and rumple knows and he’s trying to make Emma the new dark one bc he knows she can make a balance of it since she’s all light magic and all that malarkey

Ha! But to what end would the author want to become the DO? I mean, from everything we’ve seen, the job has its perks, but you’re never your own boss, and the retirement package stinks.

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being the DO u can be ur own boss if u have the dagger. If u do not then u are a slave. Being an author of the storybook he would know that.  And honestly I just thought of it because he reminds me of an impish rumple, very manipulative and mischievous. And if I were locked in a book for what like 30 years I’d want a way to protect myself, same as rumple did but without rumpled mistakes or his good side.

[nevermore]

being the DO u can be ur own boss if u have the dagger. If u do not then u are a slave. Being an author of the storybook he would know that. And honestly I just thought of it because he reminds me of an impish rumple, very manipulative and mischievous. And if I were locked in a book for what like 30 years I’d want a way to protect myself, same as rumple did but without rumpled mistakes or his good side.

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Hmm. Yes, Rumple really didn’t read the fine print, did he? Actually I think that’s the difference — Rumple was never a trickster character before he became the DO, in fact he was pretty earnest in a sort of sad way. But the Author fellow seems like he is already an impish/trickster sort.

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