Theories

[ein_papier]

Hey! I hope it's okay to post something that's bit of an introduction post; thing is, I'm very new to the fandom (I skipped a few episodes atm), and even after I'd found the show I couldn't watch the episodes right when they aired, so I missed the immediate discussion posts everywhere. Now I'm wondering if any of you have/want to discuss any theories about those three things, or if you know what the most wide-spread theories that already exist are:



- What exactly went down between Cora and Rumplestiltskin? I think it's been confirmed that she's the miller's daughter from the original fairy tale, so clearly he wanted Regina and then Cora got to keep her after all, but other than that? She's talking about deals she had to make to get her family where it is, and she and Rumplestiltskin can't just have met a few times, and I wonder how much of her fucked-up-ness is his fault, if any. Did he intent to groom her to cast his curse and tried to steal her baby when that somehow failed? Or did it happen exactly like in the tale, with the gold spinning and everything, and if so, is Regina's really friendly father the guy she got to marry, or...?
(In any case, I'm really looking forward to Cora meeting everyone again...)

- What is August doing? I don't just mean "what's in the box", but what's supposed to be so helpful about separating Neal from Emma? And, did he get Henry to Regina? And what did Rumplestiltskin think he was doing when he got Henry, assuming he didn't have his memories at the time? (Has it been confirmed that he didn't? I remember reading they said in an interview that he remembered when Emma came along and wanted her name for that purpose, and that fits with his first conversation with Regina after Emma's arrival, but I don't think there's anything in canon that really makes it clear?)

- Do we know if there's any reason why Rumplestiltskin couldn't have used the tree/wardrobe to travel between worlds himself?



Also, does anyone have fic-recs, or links to rec-lists? My favourite relationships are between Rumplestiltskin+Regina and Rumplestiltskin+Emma (I ship them too, but that's secondary), but anything that's particularly well-written or close to canon or interesting...?

Comments

[ein_papier]

Maybe he doesn't have quite the same limitations in "our" world? He's still looking like a regular human too. Though maybe that's a bit convoluted. (In any case, I love the scene where he does that. \o/ )