Why is August turning back into wood now?

[celesstarr]

Gepetto was afraid that if Pinnochio didn’t flee the dark curse he’d be turned back into wood as part of the curse.

Fleeing the curse would mean that Pinnochio would exist in a land where there is no magic.

Since magic is what turned Pinnochio into a real boy, wouldn’t existing in a land where there is no magic turn Pinnochio into wood anyway?

I think if the BF reasoned that to Gepetto, that could’ve opened up a second spot inside the enchanted tree.

And setting aside that reasoning, why would August be turning back into wood now? He was never part of the dark curse to begin with…

[theladybelle]

It has to do with what the blue fairy said. As long as he remained brave, truthful and unselfish, he would remain a real boy. And he failed to keep his promise about Emma. He left her even though he promised to stay with her.

[celesstarr]

Yes, but all those requirements were part of the “magic” that was in place in FTL. Since August is existing in a land where there is no magic, the magic that turned him into a real boy and the magic that required him to be “brave, truthful,etc” would be NULL right?

You would think that there would be no way Pinnochio could remain a real boy in a land where magic doesn’t exist. So, if magic were to come back or exist that would be the only way he could become real again.

[clockwatcher]

Well. think of it this way: Regina can still take out people’s hearts and crush them, etc., right? Which means that magic must exist. But maybe the only magic that will work in SB is magic that was enacted before the curse.
Or, maybe magic does exist in SB, and SB is like a world within a world (which it technically is). Maybe each character in SB actually has magic, but not the power to use it, because they don’t remember who they are, or the curse PREVENTS them from using magic, without really taking it away.

[Phee]

I think that up until Emma came to town, the curse was static, so its effect on people didn’t change. Everyone who was trapped in a timeless haze remained trapped in a timeless haze. The two kids who escaped the curse grew up in the normal world. But in the moment that Emma decided to stay, the curse began to change, it woke up, so to speak, and got a hold on both Emma and August in the process.

[surayya]

@celesstarr wrote:

Gepetto was afraid that if Pinnochio didn’t flee the dark curse he’d be turned back into wood as part of the curse.

Fleeing the curse would mean that Pinnochio would exist in a land where there is no magic.

Since magic is what turned Pinnochio into a real boy, wouldn’t existing in a land where there is no magic turn Pinnochio into wood anyway?

I think if the BF reasoned that to Gepetto, that could’ve opened up a second spot inside the enchanted tree.

And setting aside that reasoning, why would August be turning back into wood now? He was never part of the dark curse to begin with…

Oh Yes – one of many reasons Im disappointed with the way they handled the Pinno arc —a few fan theroies where way more bulletproof than the patch job they feed us 🙄

@Clockwatcher wrote:

Well. think of it this way: Regina can still take out people’s hearts and crush them, etc., right? Which means that magic must exist. But maybe the only magic that will work in SB is magic that was enacted before the curse.
Or, maybe magic does exist in SB, and SB is like a world within a world (which it technically is). Maybe each character in SB actually has magic, but not the power to use it, because they don’t remember who they are, or the curse PREVENTS them from using magic, without really taking it away.

Regina could only do that in FTL NOT SB- Grahams heart had to come here with Regina who possessed it as Graham was alive yet had no heart—she would have pulled Emma’s heart out instead of decking her after all LOL 😉

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