Who wrote Henry’s book anyway?

[angiebelle]

I vote for the Blue Fairy…she has been around this whole time. I’ll bet it was part of the preparations for the curse that she mentioned a while back.

[craxyfox]

I agree that it could be the Blue Fairy, there’s more to her than we know and I hope we find out more about her soon.
As for Jefferson, unlikely seeing as he was trapped in Wonderland so he wouldn’t have known all the details of what happened back in Fairytale land

[gypsy]

True, Jefferson was trapped in Wonderland, but, after the curse, in Storybrooke, he kept his memory.

He and Regina have a strained relationship, but, a relationship, none the less.

He is the only one she could ‘reminisce’ or ‘brag’ to about ‘the old days’ during the last 28 yrs.

She was there with Snow, Charming and the wardrobe right before the curse.

Jefferson could’ve collected some of the stories from his travels, and some from Regina, after the curse.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and the inclusion of the Stephen King nods connected to Jefferson, I think, are clues pointing to the fact that Jefferson did, indeed, write the book.

[Slurpeez]

@Gypsy wrote:

True, Jefferson was trapped in Wonderland, but, after the curse, in Storybrooke, he kept his memory.

He and Regina have a strained relationship, but, a relationship, none the less.

He is the only one she could ‘reminisce’ or ‘brag’ to about ‘the old days’ during the last 28 yrs.

She was there with Snow, Charming and the wardrobe right before the curse.

Jefferson could’ve collected some of the stories from his travels, and some from Regina, after the curse.

I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and the inclusion of the Stephen King nods connected to Jefferson, I think, are clues pointing to the fact that Jefferson did, indeed, write the book.

I agree you could make a strong case for Jefferson being the author of Henry’s book. In fact, you could make a strong case for a lot of different characters, which makes it all quite exciting. There are still others who could’ve remembered life in the EF. August and maybe even the Blue Fairy could’ve written the book. I bet August at least knows the author of Henry’s book pretty well, given that he’s also a writer and has an impressive knowledge of antique book-binding. The BF might’ve preserved her memories with a strong form of magic and written the book as part of her “final preparations.” There’s a theory she’s been on the inside giving covert instructions to August on the outside with regards to Neal, Emma and Henry the entire time. Maybe August has been sending carrier pigeons with postcards between him the the BF in SB for nearly 3 decades.

@TimeSpacer wrote:

I love the idea of the library playing an important role and I hope we see Belle uncovering it this season. As for the book, at first I thought either Rumple or August wrote it. I hadn’t thought of Snow, but I really like that idea, if they could explain the final entry which showed Charming putting Emma in the wardrobe.

After watching “Queen of Hearts”, I had a new idea. Before the curse was enacted, Cora seemed awfully certain that Emma would succeed in breaking the curse in 28 years and she clearly wanted that to happen so she could be reunited with Regina when Regina would be at her lowest point. Could Cora have written the book, intending it for Emma? I don’t think we can be sure how much of her story and of Rumple’s was actually included in the book.

I agree it’s really unusual that Cora knew all about Rumple’s dark curse, despite her geographic isolation. She knew the curse would be broken in 28 years, she knew time would be frozen, and she knew that the people cursed wouldn’t remember who they are. It sounds like Cora could be clairvoyant. The only catch to that theory is Cora didn’t know about the stableboy until young Snow White blabbed, she didn’t know that Hook had come to assassinate her at her daughter’s behest, she didn’t know about the squid ink being written on the parchment of paper, she didn’t know Emma’s heart was invincible, and if Cora’s the miller’s daughter, she didn’t know Rumplestiltskin’s name at first but later guessed it. However, it’s possible she didn’t foresee those things because she emotionally invested in those major events. Maybe Cora has selective clairvoyance, like Emma’s gift as a human lie-detector seems selective depending on her emotional investment.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

[snowfalls]

I have a sneaking suspicion that either August or Baelfire had a hand in writing the book. I know the timing is a bit off, but I just can’t shake the feeling that they’re some how involved.

And I love the idea of Belle playing a role in discovering the book’s origins. 😀

[gypsy]

Anyone is a possibility, but if August had a hand in writing the book, why would he wait and steal it at a later time in order to add his story?

And Bae left FTL about 250 yrs before most of the stories in the book occurred.

I am on board with the BF possibly writing it or at least having something to do with the book, but, like I said, the Stephen King connection to Jefferson is just too prominent. I’m not quite sure how it fits in, I’m working on that, but, having Jefferson live in Johnny Smith’s house from SK’s “The Dead Zone”… having the famous carnival spinning wheel game “Wheel of Fortune”, also from the DZ, in Jefferson’s livingroom…the fact that there is a Wonderland themed eps of DZ…is telling me something….

Few more pieces to the puzzle and I may just be able to form an actual theory

[magickingdom]

This question has been bothering the heck out of me since season 1.

I'm going to place my bet on Ethan Embry's character being the writer of the book.

[maiqu20]

@MagicKingdomღ wrote:

This question has been bothering the heck out of me since season 1.

I'm going to place my bet on Ethan Embry's character being the writer of the book.

I second that bet

[antbee]

@Maiqu20 wrote:

@MagicKingdomღ wrote:

This question has been bothering the heck out of me since season 1.

I'm going to place my bet on Ethan Embry's character being the writer of the book.

I second that bet

If it’s not the Blue Fairy, then that person is my second guess. Since I think Barrett will have something to do with the Netherworld, if dreams/the unconscious are how stories from one world end up getting told in another world, then it makes sense, to me at least, that he could have knowledge of many different worlds and stories like those in Henry's book.

ETA: 😳 Whoops! Sorry sometimes I don’t even notice that my tags aren’t done correctly. Thanks.

[Phee]

Eeek, AntBee, you left a ] off the end of that spoiler tag! 😉

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