TVLine Spoiler (4 Aug 2014): About 4×04

[TheGoldenKey]

Based on the casting call here are some things to consider: Having read so many Arthurian stories, watched films & TV series and have seen Camelot so many times (lucky to have seen Richard Harris twice), it’s got my curiosity peaked.

Earliest stories claim that Perceval/Percival found the Grail and healed the Fisher King. In later stories, they say that he failed to ask the right question and was denied the Grail. He returned in later years, along with Galahad and Bors and they say it was Galahad who found it and healed the Fisher King. Galahad was the illegitimate son of Lancelot & Elaine, the daughter of the Fisher King

Casting call could certainly describe King Pellinore, whose life was spent on the hunt for the Questing Beast. He was an older Knight of the Round Table and trusted friend & counsellor of King Arthur, especially in the days that Merlin disappeared when he trapped by Nimue.

Don Quixote (Man of LaMancha) would be fun but I don’t think they’d go that route. But then, who knows with these guys.

A few things to consider. Rumple has the Grail in his castle. Rumple has a wound to his leg that hasn’t healed. So did the Fisher King. Is Rumple the Fisher King, the guardian of the Holy Grail? If so, that would rule out Lancelot who was still a young man at the time of the curse and his illegitimate son, Galahad, who would have only been a child. Perhaps, Rumple, hearing the stories of how the Fisher King’s leg wound was healed by the Grail, seeks it out for himself.. Maybe, they’ll go with Perceval finding it, returning it to King Arthur’s court and the twist will be, instead of Perceval retiring in an Abbey and the Grail disappearing, Rumple steals it from an aging Perceval. Or, perhaps Rumple steals it from King Arthur himself.

I’m calling that it’s a twist of the Fisher King, and that Rumple is the Fisher King and he steals the Grail from King Arthur’s Court and that King Arthur is the knight.

So many ways this story can go.

[MatthewPaul]

I’ve missed your theories, GoldenKey. Very interesting ideas concerning Arthurian legend.

[TheGoldenKey]

Thank you, Matt.  🙂  I miss theorizing.  The whole Nealfire thing kinda put me off the show and I’m also one of the few that isn’t thrilled about Frozen either.

I hope if they delve into Arthurian Legend and the Holy Grail, they make it more than one episode.  In my mind, there’s so much more of a story to tell with that than Frozen.

Can’t help but see the comparison of leg wounds between Rumple and The Fisher King.  As well, we’ve already seen a Chimera & an Yaoguaiin in OUAT & a Bandersnatch in OUATW.  Who knows, maybe we’ll see a Questing Beast.  🙂    

 

 

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[MatthewPaul]

Thank you, Matt. 🙂 I miss theorizing. The whole Nealfire thing kinda put me off the show and I’m also one of the few that isn’t thrilled about Frozen either. I hope if they delve into Arthurian Legend and the Holy Grail, they make it more than one episode. In my mind, there’s so much more of a story to tell with that than Frozen. Can’t help but see the comparison of leg wounds between Rumple and The Fisher King. As well, we’ve already seen a Chimera & an Yaoguaiin in OUAT & a Bandersnatch in OUATW. Who knows, maybe we’ll see a Questing Beast. 🙂

Considering the show has already had a little bit of Arthurian Legend with Lancelot and Excalibur, further exploring that stuff would make a whole lot of sense.

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