[thelonebamf]

I’m working on a Regina costume myself and I’m definitely using a wig. I’ll be starting with a shorter wig and using wig wefts to sort of create an updo, likely by sewing them onto the shorter wig. That hair is tricky!

My fabric just came in today, I’m psyched to start!

[thelonebamf]

I’ve been pondering this theory all day and I think there are a few distinct possibilities.

-It’s Rumple’s toy from his stint as a lost boy on the island (no relation to Pan)

-Pan and Rumple are siblings (or related somehow) and Rumple may or may not have been a Lost Boy at some point

-The doll belongs to someone else entirely that is related somehow to Rumple (and who he cares very much about)

I can’t say which one I’m going to give credence to- but I definitely think we’re going to see the Stiltskin family tree expand for a few reasons.

-Neal’s lines about how important family is to Rumple, coupled with the introduction of “blood magic” makes it seem like we’re going to see more of both in the near future. This definitely sounds like a setup where someone who was not previously known to be related is going to pick up an item and it will cause the magic to react.

-Sometimes, lines are set up with false information so they can be proven wrong in a surprising way later, so while this may be fishing for something that isn’t there, I found it strange that they specified Neal was Rumple’s “only” son. Why not just say “son”? It’s not incorrect, by a long shot, but it seemed suspicious in way that might me we’d find out he isn’t. Maybe a firstborn son met an untimely fate when Rumple was unable to do anything about it? And that’s why he was so ready to do whatever it took to ensure Bael’s wellbeing? Robin’s stated that nobody would claim to be Rumple’s son unless they were also made me raise an eyebrow.

That being said, I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Pan and Rumple were brothers. If that toy did in fact belong to them once upon a time (sure, why not- it looks like it’s made out of corn husks, but we can pretend it’s straw) I can definitely see a scene play out where the toy was taken from big brother Peter and given to little Rumple because Peter was “too old” for toys- triggering his desire for eternal youth.

However, it would be strange for parents to have children named “Rumplestiltskin” (that time period/land lends itself to some exotic names) and “Peter”. The accents (super British and super Scottish) also don’t match at all. But it Rumple was raised by Spinsters, who is to say he didn’t have an adopted brother or sister? If the two were raised as brothers, and end up resolving this conflict peacefully, perhaps it would be an opportunity for the show to mend some of the “blood relations trump adoptive family” issues people have found problematic.

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

I tried posting earlier but the forums were acting up. I got really excited when I saw you posting again, so I just wanted to drop in and say hi and welcome to the forums, lonebamf

(^___^ Thanks for the welcome back. I had a super busy summer but also wanted to steer clear of accidental spoilers etc, but I’m glad to be back around and hopping into the discussion again! Also- I’m glad it wasn’t just me that was having trouble with the forums. Thought my computer or internet was letting me down…)

Back on topic- another one that made me smile was how Tamara and Greg told Henry they “don’t ask questions”, which seems foolhardy at best, but soon after we see Peter (in disguise) telling Henry “there’s no time for questions”, using the same tactic to keep him off his guard and discovering the truth. A nice little bit of foreshadowing!

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

It’s not so much that it was a snappy line, but when Rumple told Emma she was just a “bail bondsperson” it sort of made me grin, because it makes it sound a bit like she’s a person bonded to Bael, which could just be a coincidence or perhaps a pun from the writers. Either way, I smiled.

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

Yep, this is going onto my monthly buy list. 😀

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

I think Emma’s reactions would be the most interesting, especially over time. I think at first (and publicly) she’d be very positive and supportive, but I think there might end up being some slow-growing resentment. She’s barely connected with her parents, is just now really getting to know the real them and get used to them being a part of her life- and boom, there’s a new sibling to think about. It would be a very strange (and maybe even exaggerated) form of sibling jealousy, in that this new baby is going to get all the things she never had- mainly a complete and united family. So on the one hand, she’d be happy for the baby, but also sort of sad because it just highlights the things she missed out on growing up.

I think that eventually she’d warm to the idea of being a big sister. It can’t be harder than being a co-mom, after all. 🙂

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

Ahaha, thanks. I need a bit more practice. Chocolate is finicky.

Basically, I took white chocolate coins and melted them. Then I let that cool down* to where it was still melted, but just about at room temperature. I then dipped some water balloons I had blown up to my desired size and sort of rolled them in to the chocolate until the bottom was coated. I let those set in the fridge. They formed the little foot on their own just from sitting on the parchment paper. The handles were piped separately and stuck on with more chocolate. I used some gel food coloring to color some more white chocolate (although in retrospect, using some royal icing might work better and be neater) and make the blue design. Piped in chocolate mousse and then very carefully topped it with chocolate ganache (carefully because the ganache was warm enough that it could melt the cup if I wasn’t watching) and let that all set.

I might try a different chocolate for the cup, something that isn’t so sensitive. Maybe the candy melts you get at craft stores because the white chocolate I was working with was very tasty, but very fragile and sensitive to the smallest amount of heat.

*okay, okay, I *eventually* let it cool. First I had to let several balloons covered in chocolate explode on me before I learned my lesson. XD

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

It could lead to some interesting conversations.

First of all, Rumple’s deathbed call to Belle opened Bae’s eyes as to the fact that his father wasn’t pure evil and was in fact capable of caring about someone else. It also revealed the fact that there was some part of him that wanted to be better than he was.

However, we still don’t have any reason to believe that Baelfire knows exactly what Rumple went through to get back to him. I’m not really sure how he’d react to the news, it’s a lot to take in, and so, so much of what Rumple did was dubious and downright bad. However, he did make a lot of sacrifices along the way as well. Belle knows about a lot of this, as well as how Rumple was willing to leave her in Storybrooke to find Bae. (I think we can safely assume that Rumple shared a lot of the story with her.)

If we got to see this play out, I’d like to see Belle sort things out in Storybrooke, end up in FTL and pick up Baelfire and then head to Neverland. Bae would probably be really confused as to why she’s going through so much trouble for his father, and we could have a warm heart to heart where she tells him that maybe he doesn’t know his father as well as he thinks he does, thereby opening his mind to some reconciliation.

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

Haha, I’m sure that’s a reputation he wouldn’t have minded cultivating, but I don’t think it’s the truth. I do think we have some kind of inkling that he can hear when people call on him. I don’t think he’s forced to answer, but he probably did for his own reasons if he thought it would be worth his time. So probably, it’s less that bad things would happen, and more that people knew he would be able to hear them call him, and it became a “Don’t call his name unless you really want to follow through with that…” sort of situation.

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

[thelonebamf]

I like the imagine character dialogue and monologues, especially when I’m working on something that’s a bit repetitive at work and the like. I actually kind of like doing some of the more monotonous tasks sometimes, especially if I’m trying to work on a story etc because it gives me time to let my mind wander. I definitely think in conversations, so for me- I tend to imagine a character delivering some speech, and then sort of build around it, imagining who they ‘re talking to and what events led to the conversation in the first place. When I get down to actually writing the story out, for me the process is definitely about linking up the dialogue I wrote in my head earlier and figuring out how to play out the events on the page.

This isn’t limited to OUAT, of course- but that definitely has been my mental playground for the last few weeks. ^_^

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

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