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Operation Mongoose involves Regina and Henry trying to find the author of the book so Regina can have a happy ending written for her. Whilst that line of thinking is flawed on so many levels, since the book only documented the past, a thought occurred to me: Everybody wrote the book, there is no “author”.
The book consists of everyone’s memories up to the point the curse was cast. There are several things that could prove this theory:
1. The book ends with baby Emma being put in the wardrobe- That was Charming’s last memory before he was stabbed and lost consciousness and the curse was cast.
2. Regina is presented as a villain in the book- That was how everyone remembered Regina, as the evil queen.
3. August was able to add the story of Pinocchio to the book- August was only adding his memories to the collection.
Regina’s plan could be to change everyone’s memories of her (since altered/lost memories seems to be the big thing this season) so that she is no longer seen as a villain but as a hero.
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Keeper of FelixI could see that. The fact that the book changed to include Emma and Hook’s trip to the past suggests that it just documents what’s happened, and people’s memories of what’s happened could explain that. And changing memories has definitely been a theme this season.
If they want to go the direction of someone specific having control over the creation of the book, my bet is Blue, because it is after all a book of FAIRYtales.
I was gonna suggest that she cast a spell so that everyone in the EF’s memories was put into the book, and August had to add his story later because he’d already gone through the wardrobe by then. But Geppetto was still there, and he knew that story. You could maybe fanwank that memories of just one side of the story wasn’t enough to get it transferred to the book. But Alice was in the book as seen in the Pilot and she wasn’t anywhere near the EF. Though I guess you could fanwank that it’s the Pilot so we can’t hold it to gospel truth.
If they want to go the direction of someone specific having control over the creation of the book, my bet is Blue, because it is after all a book of FAIRYtales.
Yup. Until proven otherwise, I’m sticking with Blue
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"If they want to go the direction of someone specific having control over the creation of the book, my bet is Blue, because it is after all a book of FAIRYtales.
My money has been on Blue Fairy since S1, even since she had “final preparations” to make, just before the dark curse arrived.
I was gonna suggest that she cast a spell so that everyone in the EF’s memories was put into the book, and August had to add his story later because he’d already gone through the wardrobe by then. But Geppetto was still there, and he knew that story. You could maybe fanwank that memories of just one side of the story wasn’t enough to get it transferred to the book.
I believe the part of the story that August added wasn’t how he became a real boy (since I think that was already in the book), but rather, what happened AFTER he and baby Emma came through the portal. He said to Emma, “This is my story and this is your story,” (paraphrase). So, in a sense, he was adding the sequel to his narrative as a way to convince Emma that she and he came through the enchanted wardrobe.
But Alice was in the book as seen in the Pilot and she wasn’t anywhere near the EF. Though I guess you could fanwank that it’s the Pilot so we can’t hold it to gospel truth.
Good point about Alice. One possible explanation for why she is in the book is because of characters like Cora, Jefferson, Anastasia and Will Scarlet, who are all originally from the Enchanted Forest. The fact that they are “cross-over” characters who play important roles in both narratives could be why there are cross-references in Henry’s book. If it really does include the collective memories of all the residents of the EF, then it would include potentially all the memories, including those of Wonderland.
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I think one my theories was that no one specifically wrote the book, that the book is a fail safe of the original curse. In case Henry couldn’t get Emma to believe, here’s this book that might be able to help. I don’t think anyone actually physically wrote it.
The book is magic, it is a product of magic therefore, when Emma and Hook re-wrote what happened in Snow Falls, the book-rewrote itself. Even Snow remembered “Princess Leia.”
But I love that everyone wrote in the book, as in it’s a collection of everyone’s memories.
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1. The book ends with baby Emma being put in the wardrobe- That was Charming’s last memory before he was stabbed and lost consciousness and the curse was cast.
I like the theory that everyone is partially the author, but I thought the book had a different ending that Henry tore out rather than it ending with Emma being put in the wardrobe. I haven’t re-watched the episodes from season 1 but I remember him saying that the evil queen can’t see the end of the book and they had to hide it at all costs. Does anyone recall this as well?
I like the theory that everyone is partially the author, but I thought the book had a different ending that Henry tore out rather than it ending with Emma being put in the wardrobe. I haven’t re-watched the episodes from season 1 but I remember him saying that the evil queen can’t see the end of the book and they had to hide it at all costs. Does anyone recall this as well?
[/quote]I think what you are referring to is when Henry tore out the part of Emma being put in the wardrobe. He didn’t want Regina to know about that part. The picture even had the embroidered blanket with “Emma” written on it. They threw that page in the fire. So it was not a different ending – it was THE ending that was to be concealed.
As for the author… I don’t think it was written by anyone so much as “enchanted” by someone to write itself. As you all noted, the book changed when Hook and Emma went back in the past…so clearly the book writes itself. I think the whole storyline is linked to the Hat, the Sorcerer, and the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Perhaps the Sorcerer is the one who enchanted the Book.
I also toyed with the idea that somehow the book is written from the imagination/minds of the authors of those books in our World (somehow pulling these stories out of their minds even before they were actually written down). It would be neat if the show somehow explained how these true events became Fairy Tales written by authors in our world.
I think book only records choices and nothing is pre-destined. In other words, the author flat out says to Regina, you weren’t a villain because I wrote you that way. You were a villain because of the choices you made.
I really don’t want this author to be this all powerful being who has control over everyone’s happy endings. I think his powers should be limited in some way because I think it would be a cop-out if really, it was that easy to re-write someone’s happy ending to their liking. Because if the author can do that, he’d have villains lining up across the block asking him for the same thing without even trying to earn their happy ending.
I think book only records choices and nothing is pre-destined. In other words, the author flat out says to Regina, you weren’t a villain because I wrote you that way. You were a villain because of the choices you made.
This.
I really don’t want this author to be this all powerful being who has control over everyone’s happy endings. I think his powers should be limited in some way because I think it would be a cop-out if really, it was that easy to re-write someone’s happy ending to their liking. Because if the author can do that, he’d have villains lining up across the block asking him for the same thing without even trying to earn their happy ending.
I agree but I am so conflicted about the author because while I don’t want there to be some ALL-POWERFUL being who is controlling everything, I also don’t want it to just be a “We are all the author” kind of thing. With the Sorcerer, I can except that he is a very powerful magician with powers that exceed Rumpel and any other known character but I don’t wish to see him or the author as beings who can do whatever they want to whoever they want with the snap of a finger.
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