History WMG / OnceUponATime

Years ago, the Snow Queen had a counterpart, [[YinYangBomb the yang to her yin]]: a woman with [[ElementalHairColor red hair]] and dressed in [[DarkIsNotEvil black]] with fire powers. Though the women were once close friends, the fire sorceress left the Snow Queen when the icy counterpart started down the megalomaniacal, [[AboveGoodAndEvil above-it-all]] path. The Snow Queen ''really'' wasn’t happy with the "betrayal", especially when her ex-friend got together with the [[SinsOfOurFathers King of the Southern Isles]]…

Years ago, the Snow Queen had a counterpart, [[YinYangBomb the yang to her yin]]: a woman with [[ElementalHair red hair]] and dressed in [[DarkIsNotEvil black]] with fire powers. Though the women were once close friends, the fire sorceress left the Snow Queen when the icy counterpart started down the megalomaniacal, [[AboveGoodAndEvil above-it-all]] path. The Snow Queen ''really'' wasn’t happy with the "betrayal", especially when her ex-friend got together with the [[SinsOfOurFathers King of the Southern Isles]]…

[[WMG: Greg Germann's portrayal of Hades will borrow heavily from Creator/JamesWoods]]

[[WMG:Like Rumple, Regina is in two stories: "Literature/{{Snow White| and the Seven Dwarfs}}" and "Literature/ThePrincessBride".]]

** Not really. "Snow Falls" (at least the fairy tale parts) takes place ''immediately'' after "The Shepherd", and in "Snow Falls", Snow White has been wanted for such a long time that even ''a shepherd'' knows about her. There's no way that James could have been standing in for his dead brother long enough for the first part of the "Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs" story to play out. They didn't even bother training him to go after the dragon and right after that was over, he and Abigail (who was wearing the same dress) left.

[[WMG: Season 4 will be a StealthSequel / ImmediateSequel to WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}]]

[[WMG: We're going to see versions of [[{{WesternAnimation/Frozen}} Anna and Elsa]] eventually.]]
The themes in the movie and the themes in the show are quite similar. Magic comes with a price? Try manipulated memories and social isolation. The "wicked sorceress" being a misunderstood young woman with PowerIncontinence? The "act of true love" that breaks the curse [[spoiler: being ''familial'' love]]. The feminist stylings of the heroines? The ''nasty'' subversion of [[spoiler: the PrinceCharming trope with Hans]], whose scheming would fit ''right'' in with a universe where King George works on blackmail and murder and where Cora slept and murdered her way to the top? ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen}}'s'' themes would fit Horowitz and Kitiss's darker, feminist-styled Disney AU almost perfectly!

* Think about it: She discovered that her ice powers had accidentally brought an eternal winter on her hometown, as seen in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}''. Locking herself away so as not to hurt anyone else probably looked like a really attractive option. She went to Rumpelstiltskin and asked him to confine her, which he did. During her imprisonment, she taught herself to control her powers, which accounts for the precision she displays when blasting her former prison with ice in the Season 3 finale.

[[WMG: Season 4's WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}} storyline will have a PlayerPunch included]]

It is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}''-inspired season, after all and "Let It Go" is basically the SignatureSong of that movie. Since a musical number wouldn't really be appropriate for Once Upon A Time (they've never done one before and it doesn't really fit the DarkerAndEdgier vibe), they'll turn that phrase into ArcWords instead.

* [[{{WesternAnimation/Frozen}} Arendelle]]

A chosen one that turned bad? [[TheChosenOne Lots of stories have chosen ones]], such as [[VideoGame/LegendOfZelda one they just happened to miss bashing in Season 3]]. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Only one is worshipped by most of North America]].

* These are the same writers who made [[Literature/{{Rumplestiltskin}} the miller's daughter]] into a powerful dark sorceress and ruthless Queen. It's probably fair to say that anyone can be adapted into a badass in this show.

* Think about it: She discovered that her ice powers had accidentally brought an eternal winter on her hometown, as seen in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}''. Locking herself away so as not to hurt anyone else probably looked like a really attractive option. She went to Rumplestiltskin and asked him to confine her, which he did. During her imprisonment, she taught herself to control her powers, which accounts for the precision she displays when blasting her former prison with ice in the Season 3 finale.

* Merlin – Of course the BigGood (or possible BiggerBad, depending on where they go with it) would fall for the Mistress of All Evil. That's how these things always go. Perhaps Merlin knew Maleficent from before, and possibly even had a hand in her StartOfDarkness.

[[WMG: Dr. Facillier and/or his Friends on the Other Side are the darkness Henry and Lucy were fleeing in the Season 6 The Final Battle Part 1 opening scene or they are connected/related to the Dark One/Darkness or are the ones who cast the new curse or are connected/responsible for the disappearance of Eloise Gardner or will be revealed as the BigBad and BiggerBad or GreaterScopeVillain of this season.]]

* The biggest twist of all - she cursed his heart because ''she'' loves him, but she isn't willing to admit it. Before, when she was going to kill him, she put on a JerkassFacade to make herself seem worse than she really was - we don't even know if she would have gone through it because 'Gina knocked her out. She doesn't want True Love's Kiss to happen between him and Jacinda because she's a ClingyJealousGirl. It may be a sort of IfICantHaveYou plan - if he falls for Jacinda, he'll die. What happens if he falls for Drizella instead, however, is unknown.

[[WMG:Peter was either a student or teacher to [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]].]]

[[WMG: Neverland's Jungle is the same as the one in [[Disney/TheJungleBook The Jungle Book.]]]]

[[WMG: [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} Chernobog]] will show up as an AllPowerfulBystander.]]

* Literature/{{Goldilocks}} as an {{Disney/Aladdin}}-style thief and [[StreetUrchin street rat]].

This will parallel ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'', in which Merlin has extensive knowledge of the modern world.

[[WMG:The Disney/BigHero6 will appear in the season 4 finale stinger and in season 5.]]

[[WMG: [[Disney/TheJungleBook Mowgli]] will appear in an upcoming arc.]]

* [[{{Disney/Frozen}} Arendelle]]

* Video game worlds from Disney/WreckItRalph

* Disney/TreasurePlanet.

* Pride Rock from Disney/TheLionKing.

* [[{{Disney/BigHero6}} San Fransokyo]]. Emma and Hiro could find common grounds. In return, the Big Hero 6 could teach her how and when to use her powers. Maybe Fred could help Regina get her happy ending.

%%PLEASE don't confuse Disney/Perrault's GLASS SLIPPER version of CINDERELLA with the Grimm's one (with the step-sis being blind/gruesome cutting of feet). This is what annoys me the most. The Grimm's versio DON'T have glass slippers.

[[WMG:The Disney/BigHero6 will come to Storybrooke in a future season.]]

[[WMG: Tamara is somehow related to [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]].]]

[[WMG:The fairies from ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' will be The Blue Fairy, Tinker Bell and the FairyGodmother.]]

[[WMG:The BattleaxeNurse who works in the psych ward is Mother Gothel from ''Disney/{{Tangled}}''.]]

[[WMG:Hong Kong's Dragon is actually Mushu from ''Disney/{{Mulan}}''.]]

[[WMG: [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ursula]] will be the show’s prime example of GoodIsNotNice]]

It is a ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''-inspired season, after all and "Let It Go" is basically the SignatureSong of that movie. Since a musical number wouldn't really be appropriate for Once Upon A Time (they've never done one before and it doesn't really fit the DarkerAndEdgier vibe), they'll turn that phrase into ArcWords instead.

[[WMG: [[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Yzma was a Dark One]]]]

[[WMG:This show's version of [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] will either be paraplegic or paralyzed from the waist down.]]

[[WMG: [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Eric]] will be one of the Lost Ones.]]

[[WMG:[[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Eric]] will be one of the Lost Boys.]]

[[WMG:The [[Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest Chief Bromden]] lookalike is [[Disney/{{Fantasia}} The Sorcerer's Apprentice]].]]

[[WMG: Season 4's Disney/{{Frozen}} storyline will have a PlayerPunch included]]

* Think about it: She discovered that her ice powers had accidentally brought an eternal winter on her hometown, as seen in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Locking herself away so as not to hurt anyone else probably looked like a really attractive option. She went to Rumplestiltskin and asked him to confine her, which he did. During her imprisonment, she taught herself to control her powers, which accounts for the precision she displays when blasting her former prison with ice in the Season 3 finale.

[[WMG: We're going to see versions of [[{{Disney/Frozen}} Anna and Elsa]] eventually.]]
The themes in the movie and the themes in the show are quite similar. Magic comes with a price? Try manipulated memories and social isolation. The "wicked sorceress" being a misunderstood young woman with PowerIncontinence? The "act of true love" that breaks the curse [[spoiler: being ''familial'' love]]. The feminist stylings of the heroines? The ''nasty'' subversion of [[spoiler: the PrinceCharming trope with Hans]], whose scheming would fit ''right'' in with a universe where King George works on blackmail and murder and where Cora slept and murdered her way to the top? ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'s'' themes would fit Horowitz and Kitiss's darker, feminist-styled Disney AU almost perfectly!

[[WMG: Season 4 will be a StealthSequel / ImmediateSequel to Disney/{{Frozen}}]]

Dr. Moreau was made into ''[[Film/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau The Island of Lost Souls]]'', a black-and-white horror/sci-fi film much like Frankenstein.

* Paris from Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame.

..and using it to wreck everyone's lives [[DarkerAndEdgier in the name of a good story]]. The villains will triumph over the heroes, as they want, ''but'' he'll [[CharacterDerailment derail]] them into caricatures of their true selves with no chance at redemption. Storybrooke will become a CrapsackWorld at the mercy of their villainous dictators. Families will be torn apart, and Emma will once again have to save everyone...except this time, completely alone, and with the knowledge that [[AllForNothing anything she does or achieves could be overruled at any time]] by a {{Jerkass}} with a GodComplex.

A chosen one that turned bad? [[TheChosenOne Lots of stories have chosen ones]], such as [[VideoGame/LegendOfZelda one they just happened to miss bashing in Season 3]]. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Only one is worshipped by most of North America]].

[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters ALL OF THEM!]] Every extended and married into the family character, every divorced or potentially estranged family member, every friend of the family, every single one will be at the gathering. To make it a final BrickJoke and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, Prince Charming will comment, "Well, this isn't so bad after all."

[[WMG:The Shadow is a [[KingdomHearts Heartless]].]]

[[WMG: Henry is destined to become a [[{{Videogames/Kingdom Hearts}} Keyblade Master]]]]

* This series is basically a twisted-dark-world version of KingdomHearts.

[[WMG: Lily's star shaped birthmark is a [[{{Videogames/Kingdom Hearts}} paopou fruit/Wayfinder]]]]

Enter Regina, who pursues the Keyblade for her own villainous ([[AntiVillain or not...]] [[GrayAndGrayMorality or complicated]]) reasons, eventually meeting opposition from Sora and Riku when negotiations with Kairi turn sour. [[HeroicSacrifice Sora ends up taking the Keyblade and retreating to the world without magic in an attempt to make sure that Regnia- nor anyone else -can abuse the Keyblade's power]], with some IronicEcho / ShoutOut of his parting speech from Kingdom Hearts 1 to Kairi ("I'll come back to you, I promise!" "I know you will!"). In the world without magic, Sora pledges to never go back for the good of his kingdom and others, and that the Keyblade will not fall into anyone's hands but his own. And so he becomes the Master of the Keyblade, and drifts around, cautiously making sure no one with evil ambitions from this or any world can get to the Keyblade.

[[WMG:[[{{Faust}} Mephistopheles]] will be the BigBad.]]

[[WMG:Storybrooke is in The Franchise/{{DCLAU}}.]]

[[WMG: If the show goes on long enough, there will be a Franchise/LordOfTheRings crossover.]]

[[WMG:Henry is PeterPan.]]

* [[VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh Future Control Industries]]: An equally obscure company that, on paper, specialized in secure data storage and retrieval, and were a rival to [[{{Tron}} Encom]]. What they really sought were ways to ''control'' information and power to rule from the shadows. Their unseen CEO (implied to be Ed Dillinger Sr, but could also be Master Control 2.0) also knows of the existence of other worlds and wants to exploit them.

* Fitting in with the {{Tron}}-related guesses, any one of or ''all three'' of the following; Ed Dillinger / [[spoiler: Master Control 2.0]] (who knows about other worlds and is greedy enough to want them conquered), Ed Dillinger Jr. (we have ''no'' idea what this guy's up to), or even Alan Bradley (who shows some hints of being a first-rate {{Chessmaster}}, and has a good motive for revenge if he erroneously thinks it had a hand in Kevin's disappearance)

A chosen one that turned bad? [[TheChosenOne Lots of stories have chosen ones]]. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Only one is worshipped by most of North America]].

Eddie and Adam aren't afraid to pull twists on the Disney pantheon, like how they ma

[[WMG: Greg Germann's portrayal of Hades will borrow heavily from JamesWoods]]

Eddie and Adam aren't afraid to pull twists on the Disney pantheon, like how they made the genie the magic mirror. With something as beloved as Frozen, there's bound to be something dark and unexpected that they'll include as something to spice things up. For example..
* We know that Kristen Bell already signed up to be Anna again. Well..[[DeathByAdaptation what if she died in the Once universe, thus turning Elsa into the villain she seems set up to be?]]
** Most likely, Hans or the Duke of Wesselton had Anna poisoned, and that set off Elsa's BerserkButton. Cue everyone in Arendelle fleeing for their lives, Norway and Sweden claiming the abandoned territory, and two generations later, a lonely and possibly psychotic Snow Queen meeting a young boy who wants to be her very special friend, but it's all due to the cursed mirror shard in his eye...
* What if Olaf is TheConscience, but also a hallucination by Elsa that keeps her sane?
* What if Elsa's heart is literally frozen when Regina takes it out, and only allowing herself to love again is what will have her be the next redeemed villain of the show?
* Or, what if Elsa is also Ursula, and thus controls all water, and not just ice?
* What if Elsa is actually NOT the season 4 villain. The vault contained things Rumple was afraid of while at the height of his villainous powers. What could be scarier for a true villain than a post-Frozen Elsa, happy and in complete control of her powers and determined to do good.
** All Jossed but the last point.

[[WMG: That [[AnIcePerson (n)ice young lady]] with blonde hair and blue dress ISN'T Elsa]]
It's [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis]] and she's annoyed about all the hype this Elsa person's getting because she accidentally made winter last a few months longer than normal. For real though, all I know about OUAT's "Elsa" is she's going to be a Big Bad and misunderstood.
* Big Bad Elsa had her heart frozen and deliberately froze her own world, or it froze after she accidentally destroyed her world.
* Misunderstood Jadis didn't intend to speak the [[DepopulationBomb Deplorable]] [[WordsCanBreakMyBones Word]] or at least didn't realize how powerful it was; she kept Narnia in a century-long winter (sans Christmas) because her own land was in the [[GrimUpNorth frozen north]] (or [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Colorado]]) and she'd never heard of this "Christmas" holiday and didn't like the sound of it.
** Thing is, in the original Creator/CSLewis books, Jadis was pale, but she wasn't blonde. Her hair was "black as pitch."
** And sorry if this bursts any bubble, but meta-wise, saying that blond-braided ice mage in blue dress is NOT Elsa is extremely risky for the show's creators. If they just wanted to bring the Snow Queen, they could have brought just about ''anyone'' and no one would bat an eyelash. Case in point: Most Rapunzel stories depict her as light-skinned blond, and yet [=OUAT=] has a dark-skinned brunette Rapunzel instead, and doesn't seem like anyone's raising torches and pitchforks (well, maybe a few early on). But blond-braided, blue-dressed ice mage persona has been strongly associated with Elsa, so suddenly telling people that she is NOT Elsa may end the show. And/or the creators. It's ok for the story to be slightly different from Frozen (for example, no Hans, no Kristoff, no Olaf; that would've been acceptable, even if odd), but that girl being non-Elsa? Expect torches and pitchforks.
** Either way, very much Jossed by the Season 4 premiere.

[[WMG: There will be allusions to fandom's fire!Hans]]
Because why not?
** Regrettably Jossed.

[[WMG: Hans is already in Storybrooke]]
* Jossed. The only Arendelle character in Storybrooke before Elsa's arrival was the Snow Queen herself.

[[WMG: Hans's place will be taken by Prince James.]]
Manipulative, falsely charming and ready to take advantage of "love"? Bonus points if King George takes the place of the Duke of Weselton. Depending on how long Elsa's been in that jar.
* Jossed- At least for Hans. In the first episode of season 4 Elsa mentions Hans and his brothers, and in the second both sisters meet David and they do not confuse him for someone else. And in the third we meet Hans himself in Arendelle.
* Also Jossed with regard to Weselton.

[[WMG: Elsa fought Rumplestiltskin out of grief and revenge.]]
When Anna also never returned, Elsa went to the Enchanted Forest. There, due to him having actually done something to Anna, or her ''thinking'' he did, she fought a magic duel with Rumplestiltskin. It was thanks to this that he decided her powers were too dangerous for him to control, and so after he defeated her (because as powerful as she is, all she has power over is ice while he commands much more, and much darker, powers) he sealed her up in the urn.
* Jossed. Anna does return from her meeting with Rumple, and Elsa presumably has never set foot in the Enchanted Forest.

[[WMG: Emma is going to get ice-blasted the same as Anna did.]]
The promo for next week showed Emma turning blue/getting iced over, and even had Hook state she was freezing. Chances are she encounters Elsa and either does something precipitous or simply can't get through to her with talking, and thus she gets blasted the same way Anna did. This will mean either Hook or Henry will have to perform an act of true love for Emma, or (to parallel ''Frozen'' even more) she'll have to perform one for them.
* Partially Jossed, since all that happened was Emma falling through the ice, getting trapped, and starting to freeze to death naturally. However it ''was'' [[spoiler:by appealing to Elsa's love for her sister, and showing her she understood her and wanted to help her by bonding over their commonalities, that Emma got through to Elsa, and Charming similarly appealed to her love of Anna and how he cared about her too because she had helped him]]. So in a way true love did have to do with how the ice got melted.

[[WMG: Hans will be killed via RedemptionEqualsDeath combined with IDieFree.]]
Based on the OUAT formula of villains’ backstories, we will get an in-depth view of how living under the thumb of his family psychologically broke Hans. What is more satisfying then kicking the bucket while giving the asswipes who made your life Hell the figurative middle finger?
* Jossed. We never get a glimpse into Hans's history.

[[WMG: Elsa's backstory will incorporate elements of both ''Frozen'' and "Literature/TheSnowQueen".]]
Her life will be just as it was in ''Frozen,'' but the ending will be different: Anna will end up ''staying'' frozen as Elsa grows full of hate and ''destroys'' Hans. She will then become the Snow Queen who keeps Kai, who will see things differently because of the glass from the mirror of the devil. Kai will then be rescued by Gerda, and then the Snow Queen will end up in the vase in which she ended up.
* Jossed. Elsa is the same character she is from ''Frozen'', and the Snow Queen is an entirely separate character who serves at the arc's antagonist.

[[WMG: The Snow Queen had/will have a {{Foil}} in a [[PlayingWithFire fire sorceress]].]]
Years ago, the Snow Queen had a counterpart, [[YinYangBomb the yang to her yin]]: a woman with [[ElementalHair red hair]] and dressed in [[DarkIsNotEvil black]] with fire powers. Though the women were once close friends, the fire sorceress left the Snow Queen when the icy counterpart started down the megalomaniacal, [[AboveGoodAndEvil above-it-all]] path. The Snow Queen ''really'' wasn’t happy with the "betrayal", especially when her ex-friend got together with the [[SinsOfOurFathers King of the Southern Isles]]…
* Jossed.

[[WMG: The Snow Queen is not [[spoiler:Elsa's aunt]]]]
She lied just to gain Elsa's trust.
* Jossed. The Snow Queen is indeed Elsa's aunt and her relationship with Elsa's mother makes up her entire character motivation.

[[WMG: The Snow Queen does not have a DarkAndTroubledPast.]]
* Going on the theory that the Snow Queen is [[spoiler:NOT Elsa's aunt.]] As a twist on OUAT's villains, the Snow Queen will have a backstory, but not a particularly traumatic one. She grew up in a small, isolated village. Instead of being afraid of the girl's powers, her people viewed her as a goddess to hold in worship. Eventually, the glory went to her head and she left the human race behind to expand her kingdom.
** Jossed. The Snow Queen has a very tragic history and just as tragic motives.

[[WMG:Next up for Rumple, betrayal by Belle and Baelfire.]]
Considering the direction the character is going in, he's either going to die in a manner somehow related to Henry, or his prophesied "downfall" is going to mean he's simply permanently de-powered. If the latter happens, at that point, there really won't be much left for the character; all his plot threads are resolved. Cue Bellefire... or Baelle... Whichever PortmanteauCoupleName works for you. This'll give him a reason to go evil again and keep his character interesting.
* Jossed by Neal's death in Season 3.

[[WMG:Regina will find a second love in... Captain Hook (and vice versa).]]
Certainly they have a lot in common, after all. Not the least of which is they're the only unpaired characters on the show and if both are sticking around as regulars, they're both certainly anti-villains. Plus, Regina can always help him with the whole... taking a heart thing.
* Jossed, since her true love is Robin Hood.

[[WMG:Henry isn't the first child that Regina has "adopted".]]
In ''Welcome to Storybrooke'' we see that Regina's desire to be a mother basically began with her encounter with young Owen Flynn. And she was perfectly willing [[spoiler:to have his father arrested on fraudulent charges]] in order to gain access to Owen. Considering there's about eighteen years between that point and Regina's adoption of Henry, knowing Regina there is no way she would have sat by idly and waited that long to become a mother. For all we know, Henry could have a few brothers or sisters-by-adoption floating around out there.
* And just to add a bit of FridgeHorror to that, these other children that Regina adopted would have aged and grown up normally, just like Henry. What would have happened to them once they reached adulthood and began to question what was wrong with Storybrooke?
** For that matter, see entry under Headscratchers. Just how deep of trouble is Henry in for when he is no longer a dependent little boy (and a living toy), but a young man who has had ''enough'' and is capable of leaving? If he had siblings that got old enough to tell Regina off...
** Jossed. Henry was definitely Regina's only child, and Henry has over time grown to love Regina, too, even telling her that he no longer believes she's a villain.

[[WMG: Robin will meet Regina and he will hate her.]]
Robin Hood is about stealing from the rich to help the poor and downtrodden. The "Evil Queen" is everything that he is against. The pixie dust marking him only means that ''if'' Regina meets him ''at that time'', she will find happiness.
* Jossed. When Marian is cursed by the Snow Queen, Robin admits that TrueLovesKiss didn't work to break the spell because he's in love with someone else -- Regina. The pixie dust meant that Robin and Regina are soul mates, and were even when Marian was still alive.

[[WMG: Regina was somehow responsible for the sickness that killed Marion.]]
Perhaps Marion was a noblewoman that Regina came to hate while she was Queen.
* Doubly Jossed. Regina [[ButForMeItWasTuesday had no idea who Marian was]] until she arrived in Storybrooke, Marian was cursed by the Snow Queen to frame Elsa, and Regina goes out of her way to ''save'' Marian's life for Robin's sake.

[[WMG:Cora cursed Regina.]]
Think about it. Going by Enchanted Forest logic, all those times Regina was sincerely trying to be a good mother and to live up to Henry's ideal of her should have paid off. The end of the recent episode should have had her and Emma acknowledging each other as worthy equals, and she and Snow would have had a silent but meaningful gaze saying all was forgiven, and that she would have gone to lunch with them. Instead, her shaggy dog was shot by an elephant gun in the most thoughtless way possible: Henry ditching her. Not even deliberately. Emma called, he left.

'''''This is in utter violation of all Fairy Tale rules and logic!'''''

Before anyone argues that since this is in the 'real' world and such logic might not apply, consider that Rumpy is slowly heading towards a happy ending despite having done more evil than Regina, because he's in ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and LoveRedeems. Yet Regina, who is trying WAY more than Rumpy, and with much more sincerity, can't catch a break. And why?

Because Cora cursed her.

Think about it. Every time she acts Cora-esque, she gains (albeit hollow) satisfaction that a shallow person (like Cora) might call happiness. Yet when she tries to act on love (for Henry, or that revenge plot on behalf of Daniel that was framing Mary Margaret) she gets screwed utterly, despite such cause and effect being completely anathema to the rules of the universe. Even when The Curse was in effect, acting out of sincere love eventually makes things, on balance, better (Mary Margaret was an exception, as Regina was actively screwing with her. When Regina was being an obstructive bureaucrat and trying to push around Sheriff Emma, love found a way for the characters of the episode).

We know Cora openly and twistedly used magic on Regina to get her to follow her party line. It's not that far fetched she deliberately set up a curse that screwed with Regina's happiness if she tried to live as anything but a Cora clone.

On a wide-range Meta-note, every one has the potential for a happy ending, even that ass King George, if he wasn't being willfully evil, which is a lot more than Regina is doing now. For crying out loud, he's a district attorney! That's a lot more respect and clout that Charming's "self-appointed-sheriff" and if he'd just reconcile, he'd see that he could have the family and happiness he wanted. Henry could be his grandson, sort of! But no, he was willful and he screwed it up. That makes sense. But Regina? Regina is TRYING. And something is seriously wrong in-universe if this isn't paying off.
* Out of story, Regina gets so much crap because the writers need it to happen. In story? Well, as it has been said over and over again, magic comes with a price. What if this is the price? See, clearly Regina wasn't feeling so great about the curse at some point. Why else would she adopt a child, or continue to sleep with the Huntsman? She's lonely. And never actually having anyone you care about return your feelings sounds like the perfect price for cursing an entire world.
** Jossed. Regina continues to suffer because she refuses to learn from her mistakes. As of the season two finale, however, she has a good chance of redeeming herself.

[[WMG: Regina will become "Maid Marion."]]
The mother of Robin Hood's son was not named Marion; she was just some random chick. Regina will take on the name Marion, either as a temporary alias, or as a new name in an attempt to change her identity as she tries to bury her evil past. In at least some versions of Robin Hood's legend, Maid Marion was a noble who started out on the villain's side, but joined Robin's cause after falling in love with him. Regina is a noblewoman, who was formerly a "bad guy," but may join Robin Hood and his Merry Men's cause.
* Jossed - Marian is her own character and in an alternate timeline was killed by Regina, but has now been saved by Hook and Emma, was brought to the present against her will, and was last seen happily reuniting with her husband and son. Nevertheless, Robin later admits that TrueLovesKiss didn't work on Marian because he's in love with Regina, and is only going back to Marian because he cannot forsake his marriage vows.

[[WMG: Aladdin is among the lost boys.]]
The reason why he never got around to freeing the genie was because he was kidnapped by the shadow before he got a chance to. That he found the lamp, but never got to use it for an unknown reason. He's a street rat, thus it's a perfect way to tie in Sidney's story which had been dropped for the second season.
* The Genie says he's granted 1001 wishes before meeting King Leopold. The only way that's possible is if one of his masters only got two wishes instead of three.
** That isn't the only possibility. Another is that he had granted 999 wishes prior to meeting Leopold, then counted the first two wishes that Leo had just made. But it would certainly explain why his lamp was found in the water.
* Jossed, as the Neverland story comes and goes without much exploration into the individual Lost Boys at all.

[[WMG:The reason the Shadow only abducts boys is because Tinkerbell forbids Peter from being around girls]]
Tinkerbell is a ClingyJealousGirl who occasionally crosses the line into {{Yandere}}. She probably got jealous of Wendy and ordered Peter to send her home.
* I really like this one. We have yet to see a dark fairy, even though we have seen dark fairy ''dust'', and considering what they're doing with Peter, taking this route with Tink would be something new. Not to mention, even the Tinkerbell from the ''original Disney'' version was more than willing to get Wendy killed out of jealousy. Fingers crossed this gets confirmed.
** Oh My fairytales. Remember when Snow first met charming, she had some fairy dust that she was going to use on Regina, but we never really learn where she got it from? What if she got it from Tinkerbell? After all, if Regina knew Tinkerbell from before the curse, who's to say she didn't interact with Snow at one point?
* Jossed. Tink isn't really evil, and she and Pan aren't affiliated.

[[WMG: Ariel or another mermaid(s) saved Bae]]
It will turn out only reason the mermaids are made out to sound so malicious is because they're being referred to by pirates and the less then pleasant Lost Boys. Ariel (and possibly other mermaids) will realize that Bae is innocent and decide to help him.
* Supporting evidence: He was found lying on a beach, which could mean that a mermaid found him in the water after he came through and helped him to shore.
* Jossed. Ariel originates from the Enchanted Forest, and doesn't cross paths with Bae.

[[WMG: Henry will become Peter Pan's MoralityPet]]
Seeing as he's already the Morality Pet of everyone else, what's one more person to redeem?
* Jossed. Pan has no affection for Henry, and dies unredeemed.

[[WMG: Tinker Bell knew that the Dark Curse was coming and sought to stop it.]]
A recently released [[http://www.entertainmentoutlook.com/2013/09/02/upon-time-meet-tinkerbell-regina/ promotional pic]] shows that Tink and Regina had a past relationship and it appears to be a friendly one. Tinker Bell may have hoped to stop Regina from casting the curse by befriending her. However, events separated the two with Tinker Bell ending up in Neverland with Peter. Regina may think that Tink abandoned her, which only contributed to her unhappiness.
* Jossed by the timeline. Tink met Regina when Snow was still a child and Leopold was alive, some years before Regina ever considered casting the Dark Curse.

[[WMG:Season 3 will be Storybrooke VS an AncientConspiracy.]]
Existing for hundreds of years, we will discover that the fairy tale land and the land without magic are more entwined than we may believe. All sorts of strange randoms events have lead to lost men, children, and confusion. Drawing their roots from renaissance witch hunt traditions, TheCabal seeks to eliminate magic, and any potential users of it. Greg and Tamara are only the branches of the order. Their reach in fact goes into many other famous characters seeking to expose magic as falsehood such as Sherlock Holmes (thus getting him into the show anyways). However, now they have a chance to really make their strike count. Through manipulation, they seek to enter the fairy tale land, and using science, destroy the land and all the magic in it. However, their plan overlooks one problem: the theory of multiverse balance. That without the fairy tale world, the worlds would become unbalanced, leading to anarchy and chaos. And besides that, both magic and science come with a price, so their price would be such anarchy and chaos.
* Thus, in a shift away from the traditional "Pick your fairy tale villain" tradition, The charming family now sets their sights on facing down the descendants of magic hunters to safeguard their lives.
* Yeah, ok, it's a bit farfetched, but this is WMG after all.
* Jossed. The Home Office was a front and the plot was quickly dropped once the characters reached Neverland.

[[WMG: The Wicked Witch of the West we see is actually a TragicHero]]
She will be a WellIntentionedExtremist who's actually trying to protect everyone from the East Witch's Silver Shoes Powered Dorothy.
* She's not a WellIntentionedExtremist, but she is tragic villain. The identity of the Wicked Witch of the East is unknown.

[[WMG: West is part of a group a villains trying to finally take away everyone's happiness permanently.]]
Other Villains could include [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong Hades]], [[ScareEmStraight The Boogeyman/ Krampus]] and [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder Mephistopheles]]
* Jossed. Zelena operated alone but for her flying monkeys.

[[WMG: The Wicked Witch of the West will turn out to have been behind Pan's scheme.]]
* Early in Season 3 (I forget the specific episode) Pan mentions that someone gave him the picture he had of Henry, but doesn't specify who. Whoever it was, one thing that this show has made a point of demonstrating is that people who possess information of that caliber don't generally give it away out of charity. We know that The Wicked of the West is about to become a major player in the show, so maybe she gave Pan that picture and set him after The Truest Believer for her own purposes.
* Jossed. Zelana and Pan are unaffiliated.

[[WMG: Walsh is manipulating Zelena]]
* One of the Laws of Magic in the Once Upon A Time verse is that even the most powerful magic can't change the past. (This was stated in ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland''). Walsh is letting Zelena think she can change the past so that she will perform a spell. (Possibly to make him an ''actual'' wizard.)
* Jossed.

[[WMG:Jack the Giant Killer is Grace's mother.]]
With that attitude, not very likely.
* Jossed by the graphic novel ''Out of the Past''. Jefferson's wife and Grace's mother was named Priscilla.

[[WMG:Rumple will make one final deal...]]
That is, he will take an oath of marriage to Belle. This deal - a deal done for, by, and of true love - will be what ultimately destroys the power of the Dark One. Perhaps even replacing it with something good - a sort of very snarky Light One (let's face it, Rumple will never be the clean cut talker that Charming is).
* Jossed. They were married, and it didn't destroy his powers.

[[WMG: Sidney Glass is currently in a double prison.]]
So, Sidney was conveniently locked away in the hospital basement after his actor, Creator/GiancarloEsposito, committed to a lead role on the series ''Series/{{Revolution}}''. However, since magic's just come back into storybrooke, I theorize that Sidney's currently trapped twice. First, there's his cell (his first prison), but he was also given a mirror in his cell, so he's mentally trapped as well, as the parameters of his wish has him see what Regina's doing, preventing him from ever having a full break from her.
* Jossed. There was no mirror in his cell.

[[WMG: Maleficent is a "fallen" fairy.]]
At some point in her past, Mal committed a crime that got her expelled by the "mainstream" fairies. In the original Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, the role of Maleficent is played by an anonymous wicked fairy godmother.
* Jossed. WordOfGod is that Maleficent isn't a fairy at all.

[[WMG: Season 3 will introduce the idea of the council of fairy tale characters.]]
Most of the leadership/driving forces of Storybrooke is gone at this point. The charmings, regina, rumplestiltskin are all out hunting, so the remaining characters will likely form a council of sorts to keep the town going in the meantime. Belle will be chair, with Granny acting as her right hand. Ruby will act as town watch (thus getting around them awkwardly losing the actress to a different show), while the rest of the 1st council present in the pilot will also be there to help. These include Gepetto and Jimminy, as well as The Blue Fairy. Dr. Whale will also be there to allow Science a voice at the table. And, in a twist, a final seat will be given...to King George. He might be an evil monarch, but the fact of the matter is that none of the others really know how to run a town, no matter how self running/egalitarian it might be. His will be a self-appointment, but in following the theme of a "best chance", the council will give George a chance to show what he can do, since he wasn't Regina level evil (or was he?). This will give the writers two different ways to take things. The redemption of Henry's evil step great-grandfather/his attempts at being subversive or the move of the fairy tale characters away from monarchs towards democracy.
* Jossed. Belle and Ruby were in charge, and since Storybrooke's been reformed, Snow briefly took the mayoral office but gave it up in favor of Regina.

[[WMG: Graham was not only the Huntsman, but also [[Literature/TheJungleBook Mowgli]]]]
Think about it. No known parents, taken care of by wolves... and he remembers his human roots thanks to a pretty girl (Emma).
* That would require Time Travel. ''The Jungle Book'' is specifically set during the British Raj.

[[WMG: There are portals between worlds underwater]]
* Much like the sea on Earth is physically connected to every continent, the sea in the OUAT Multiverse is connected to every other world, including ours. Mermaids are normally the only ones who know where to find these portals, not to mention the only ones capable of breathing underwater for long enough to reach them. This could explain how Baelfire escaped the island: Ursula, being portrayed as a benevolent sea goddess in this interpretation, could have heard of his plight and decided to help him. She showed him how to find one of these portals and gave him magic so he'd be able to dive deep enough to find it. Having been trained in the ways of piracy by Hook, Baelfire made sure to create a map to the portal, just in case he ever found himself back in Neverland. That's where his coded starmap leads.
** Jossed. Mermaids have the inherent ability to pass between worlds via water. They don't have to use existing portals.

[[WMG: Maid Marian, Robin's wife, will die in Season 4.]]
Because she was meant to die in the past, which Emma changed by bringing her into the future to Storybrooke, Marian will end up dying in some other horrible way. Reason being is that time should not be messed with. As was said in X-Men: Days of Future Past, if you throw a stone into a pond, you'll cause a ripple, but the pond will always smooth itself out. Emma meddled with events in the past, and because of that, Marian may end up paying the consequences for Emma's actions.
* You know it's kinda hard to believe this theory since the example that is used is a movie that shows that changes in the past can change the future and have the future or present not go back to the original timeline.
** Jossed. She died in season 3, and Zelena's been impersonating her ever since.

[[WMG: Olaf the Snowman will be a AdaptationalBadass.]]
* These are the same writers who made [[Literature/{{Rumplestiltskin}} the miller's daughter]] into a powerful dark sorceress and ruthless Queen. It's probably fair to say that anyone can be adapted into a badass in this show.
** Jossed, he was PutOnaBus

[[WMG: It will be revealed that Elsa was a voluntary prisoner]]
* Think about it: She discovered that her ice powers had accidentally brought an eternal winter on her hometown, as seen in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Locking herself away so as not to hurt anyone else probably looked like a really attractive option. She went to Rumplestiltskin and asked him to confine her, which he did. During her imprisonment, she taught herself to control her powers, which accounts for the precision she displays when blasting her former prison with ice in the Season 3 finale.
* Jossed. Anna imprisoned her while under a spell. Although Elsa did ''allow'' her to do it, so as not to blast her in self-defense.

[[WMG: Following on a WMG up in Future Characters, the writer of the storybook is [[spoiler:Yensid.]]]]
It would explain why his house is in the show, and why he'd even be hinted at being around at all. And someone of his magical prowess would be capable of both foreseeing everyone's happy endings and enforcing them through the storybook (rather like the Old Man of Wandering Mountain of ''The Neverending Story''--which even parallels a previous theory of Henry being able to change everyone's stories a la Bastian). This could lead in one of two directions:

1) him being the true BigBad whom they all have to band together to defeat (unlikely, since someone evil wouldn't be creating happy endings for everyone and the enemy is hinted at being the real Snow Queen and someone else who is noted as a guest star for the second half of the season, although he may be a bit of a KnightTemplar[=/=]WellIntentionedExtremist if Regina is right about him refusing to see her as anything except a villain);

or 2) there will be a philosophical/moral confrontation in which he must be convinced to change the stories and allow for villains to change and receive happy endings. Whether it's Regina herself who gets through to him or Emma thanks to her oath remains to be seen.

* Or better yet, it turns out he's just documenting history and has absolutely no power over anyone's happy ending. Then Regina realizes that no one ''made'' her a villain and that [[EarnYourHappyEnding there are no shortcuts to happiness and she's going to have to work for it.]]
* Jossed. The Sorcerer and the Author are separate people.

[[WMG: The Snow Queen will form a LegionOfDoom type organization with other fairy tale villains.]]
* Jossed. She briefly worked with Rumple, but almost EVERY villain on this series works with Rumple at some point.

[[WMG: Marian's act of true love]]
...will be letting go of Robin. Regina won't find a cure for her freezing, but she'll be able to reverse the damage enough for their family to say goodbye. When Marian finds out why the kiss didn't work, she'll give Robin permission to move on with Regina. This act, releasing her husband from an unhappy marriage so he can be with his true love without guilt, will be enough to break the curse.
* Jossed. Marian's dead, and Zelena was impersonating her.

[[WMG: There is no "Apprentice"]]
* The so-called "Apprentice" is actually Yensid, [[HiddenInPlainSight hiding in plain sight]]. He does it because he's aware of how dangerous it could be if people realize he has powerful magic at his disposal.
* Jossed. The Sorcerer isn't Yen Sid per Word of God (he was a jumping off point for the character), and the Apprentice is seen speaking to him in ''[[Recap/OnceUponATimeS4E19Lily Lily]]''.

[[WMG: The blue fairy wasn't absorbed in the hat.]]
We see her being pulled into the hat, but never actually see her completely sucked in. She's the most powerful fairy and already survived certain death by evil means last season. If anyone could magically pull through, it's her. She may have been severely weakened or even lost her powers, however, leaving her unable to complete the spell to fight Shattered Sight. This will come back to bite Rumple in the ass ''hard'' just when he thinks he's won.
* Jossed. She was definitely in there.

[[WMG: The Sorcerer will first appear interacting with Gold]]
First by speaking about how Gold is different from other Dark One's by being motivated by a desire to protect those he loves. Gold is in no mood for him and attacks him... only to get stomped into the dirt by the Sorcerer, who will deliver an all to glorious ReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* Jossed. His first appearance in the series is speaking to his Apprentice in ''[[Recap/OnceUponATimeS4E19Lily Lily]]''.

[[WMG: Maleficent's Reasons for Returning...]]
She's after Will, to punish him for stealing from her fortress in OnceUponATimeInWonderland. She may even be responsible for Anastasia's disappearance. This also explains why Will and his lost love were mentioned in the same episode in which Ashley/Cinderella reappeared, since Anastasia is her stepsister.

She is also likely after Aurora again, now that she knows she's free of her Sleeping Curse, hence why she reappeared too.
* Jossed. She wants her daughter back, whom she lost because of Snow and Charming.

[[WMG: Cruella's shtick is...]]
In the OUAT universe she ''does'' have magic powers...namely, she enslaves people by turning them into dalmatians, such as the one that appeared when Belle was hanging the washing. This might become especially unsettling when we remember Pongo has been in Storybrooke this whole time...
* Jossed. She just controls existing animals.

[[WMG: Cruella is a shapeshifter, and more specifically, Pongo]]
In one of the recent interviews, Adam and Eddie confirmed that Cruella does have some power "related to what she wears" that is apparently "very dark". We also saw a Dalmatian lure Belle away into the forest, where the Queens of Darkness were waiting to kidnap her. My theory is that the Dalmatian was Cruella, who can shapeshift into various animals depending on which coat she wears, and who is masquerading as Archie's beloved dog to spy on the heroes.
* Jossed. Cruella just has mind control powers over animals, and the coat is made from the first two she ever controlled.

[[WMG: The New Dark One]]
* Now that Rumplestiltskin has had all of the dark one's power driven from him by the curse on the town line Belle will become the Dark One and keep it a secret. As she was the one who commanded that he step over the town line and effectively 'destroy' the dark one would that not count as killing him with the dagger? May eventually lead her to become a BigBad.
* Jossed. Gold still has all his power and his name is still on the dagger.

[[WMG: Lily is the Author]]
* Blue Fairy vaguely hints that the author isn't a man. Lily just happens to run into Emma Swan, the savior and befriends her.
** Jossed, the Author is trapped behind a door in one of the storybook pages.

[[WMG: Blue Fairy is the Author]]
* Blue seemed awfully smug about the Author in the mid season 4 premier. As the poster above noted, she hints the author's a woman. Also, it would be just like her to deny villains their happy endings--at least, those she considers to be villains.
** Jossed - see above.

[[WMG: Maleficent's child is Diablo]]
Jossed. It's Lily.

[[WMG: ''Emma'' is Maleficent's daughter...]]
* ...and Lily is Snow and Charming's. They were switched at birth as part of the spell to ensure the Charmings' child would be a hero. Emma has blonde hair, just like Maleficent, while Lily had dark hair like Snow White.
** That can't be possible, unless she and Lily were somehow switched while in the womb. Literally as soon as she was born Emma was put in the wardrobe.
** If Emma isn't Snow and Charming's daughter, then they'd have to explain how she ended up with the blanket with her name on it.
** Jossed.

[[WMG: Hook's history with Ursula]]
He sought her out after Milah's death, hoping she could bring her back. Usula either never had the ability to revive her but lied that she did, or had enough power but the spell backfired. Either way, this failure led to her being demoted from all-out goddess to mere sea witch.
* Jossed. [[spoiler:He was going to help her get to the city her mother always spoke of, to sing for the land people, in return for getting Hook the squid ink he needed to capture the Dark One, but when her father took the ink away (because Hook wouldn't take her voice for him), he took her voice anyway as revenge against Poseidon. Also she was never a goddess, just named for her, and was instead a mermaid who turned herself into the form we know in order to spite her father.]]

[[WMG: The Author doesn't give people happy endings]]
Despite what Regina and Rumplestiltskin believe the author does not give people happy endings.

1. There was no hint or foreshadowing that book was ever responsible for happy endings in the first three seasons. In fact when Emma accidentally changed her parents' first meeting the book changed to match the timeline. If the book's power was responsible for Snow and Charming's happy ending the timeline would not have changed at all, but rather conformed to what was originally written in the book.

2. Ursula got a happy ending that had nothing to do with the author despite her role in the book being a villain.

3. Regina and Rumple's unhappiness are largely because of their own actions. Rumple had a happy ending with Belle and a chance to be a grandfather to Henry to make up for failing Baelfire, but he chose power over family again and lead him to losing it. Regina's unhappiness is based on Robin leaving. However, she ignoring that Henry is back in her life, he loves her and sees her as a hero, her relationship with Snow is the best it has ever been, and she is invited to family dinners now.

When the characters meet the author they will learn that while he or she is magical he does not possess the power to dictate fate/destiny as they believe, but give them insight on how the choices they make, their flaws, and strengthens brought them where they are now. This will cause character development for all of them, but especially Regina and Rumplestiltskin. They will either learn a happy ending isn't having everything you wanted but being content with what you have or they will never get a true happy ending because they can't be satisfied with not having it all.
** Partly Jossed. The Author ''does'' have the power to dictate destiny (or at least, this particular one does; it's a LegacyCharacter kind of thing: The Authors traditionally record events, but this one figured out a way to control them), but it isn't his intent to give any particular side a happy ending: He's just a {{Jerkass}} who is writing whatever he thinks will make a "good story."

[[WMG: Snow and Charming murdered Maleficent's baby, and learning this will push Emma closer to darkness]]
To ensure their daughter would be good, they sacrificed Maleficent's in a BloodMagic ritual. There's honestly very few other options I can think of that would leave her that vengeful and them that guilt-ridden. When this comes out ([[MurphysLaw because of course it will]]), Emma will treat it like a MoralEventHorizon, and that will leave her open for the corruption Gold is hoping to take root in her heart.
** Partially Jossed. [[spoiler: Maleficent's daughter is very much alive]], but what they actually did to her still has the potential to make this happen. Emma is '''not''' pleased to hear about it.

[[WMG: The whole thing was written by [[Anime/PrincessTutu Drosselmeyer]].]]
Think about almost no one is able to get a happy ending good or evil, there is a lot of misery to go around. Drosselmeyer got tired of his stories and decided to [[AuthorPowers rewrite]] others to suit his tastes.
* Jossed. Isaac was the most recent author, with Walt Disney as his predecessor.

[[WMG: The season is going to end with the Author reclaiming the book...]]
..and using it to wreck everyone's lives [[DarkerAndEdgier in the name of a good story]]. The villains will triumph over the heroes, as they want, ''but'' he'll [[CharacterDerailment derail]] them into caricatures of their true selves with no chance at redemption. Storybrooke will become a CrapsackWorld at the mercy of their villainous dictators. Families will be torn apart, and Emma will once again have to save everyone...except this time, completely alone, and with the knowledge that [[AllForNothing anything she does or achieves could be overruled at any time]] by a {{Jerkass}} with a GodComplex.
* Jossed. He wrote a new story, creating happy endings for the villains, until Henry derailed his plans and undid the harm he'd done.

[[WMG: The final showdown of Season 4 will be Emma and a reformed Lily against an angry Dragon!Maleficent]]
And Emma and Lily will do a [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora and Riku]]-esque YinYangBomb technique to defeat her.
* Jossed.

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[[folder: Confirmed]]
[[WMG:All of Storybrooke (minus Henry) is trapped in a modified [[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]].]]
So here's how it would work: the time loop makes sure no one ages, but it also adjusts to the time period so no one inside Storybrooke suspects anything, which could explain why [[FridgeLogic why Storybrooke isn't stuck 28 years behind the times.]] The only person immune to the time loop is Henry (because he wasn't born in Storybrooke), Emma (because she left before the Dark Curse hit), and August (ditto). Regina and Mr. Gold don't age, but keep their memories because they cast and made the Dark Curse, respectively.
* "Welcome to Storybrooke" more or less Confirms this!
** Except for the part about Mr. Gold keeping his memories. When Regina complains to him about how VictoryIsBoring, it's made quite clear that he has no idea what she's talking about.

[[WMG:Season 2 will end...]]
With Cora kidnapping Henry and taking him to another world. [[EnemyMine Regina, Emma,]] and Baelfire will then take the Jolly Roger and the magic beans and go on a multidimensional road trip to find him. Because that would be awesome. And we'd get more stories that way. And because the two part final is called "The Second Star to the right and straight on 'til morning". That just screams multidimensional road trip. Some people would have to stay back to look after Storybrooke (probably Snow and Charming being rulers and all) but other potential road trip members are Hook (because it is his ship), Gold and/or Belle (because it's their family), Mulan and Aurora (it would be a great way to bring them back into the series) and the Mad Hatter (because world hopping is his thing).
* Well, since [[spoiler:Cora is now dead]], it's doubtful that she will be the one to kidnap Henry. On the other hand, it would make perfect sense for Regina to kidnap him and escape to Neverland. Due to the episodes' titles, it's possible Regina will escape on Hook's ship, so [[spoiler:Neal]] will have to lead the group there using the second-star-to-the-right path.
* Somewhat confirmed. It's Greg and Tamara who kidnap Henry, and the rescue team consists of The Charmings, Regina, Hook, and Gold. Leaving Belle behind to guard Storybrooke.

[[WMG:Owen and Tamara will kidnap Henry for a season (or mid-season) cliffhanger.]]
Seeing as the pair of them seem to be part of a larger crusade to eliminate magic and magic users (possibly due to some abuse of Muggle-kind), they will make a big, nasty strike on Storybrooke to eliminate the threat it represents. Owen wants his dad back, but he might be able to settle for revenge on the WitchWithACapitalB who stole his father if he can't have daddy back. Owen might also see himself in Henry; an innocent boy being manipulated and used by these arrogant magic-folk. So, he'll take matters into his own hands and kidnap the kid right in front of Regina, dragging him past town lines and ''daring'' her to try and get the boy back. We don't know enough on Tamara's motives yet, but if she's merely a mage-hunting KnightTemplar, she'll go along with the idea of "rescuing" the kid against his will, and maybe forcing a SadisticChoice on Henry's family - save the kid or save the town. In theory, they'd only have to worry about Emma and Neil.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed!]]

[[WMG: Regina can fly Peter Pan-style.]]
Regina was apparently friendly with Tinker Bell in her youth and possibly learned how to fly. However, we've never seen her fly because she doesn't have enough happy thoughts.
* Sort of confirmed in Season 3, episode 3. However, it's unclear if she still has that ability.

[[WMG: Peter Pan will also be the Pied Piper.]]
And instead of rats it was homeless boys (street rats).
* Confirmed although it wasn't street kids he was taking.

[[WMG:There's a real, flesh-and-blood Peter Pan somewhere...or was.]]
In the Disney version of Peter Pan, Peter sometimes became separated from his shadow, which then moved with a mind of it's own. The Disney shadow was more-or-less harmless, but the OUAT shadow is a more malevolent version.
* Confirmed, except that the shadow carries out Peter's will and has no mind of it's own. Peter Pan can control shadows, even to the point of ripping shadows away from other people.

[[WMG:Season 2 will end with another "wiped clean" slate.]]
Namely, that like season 1, some great event in the 2 part finale will be another GameChanger. Something that again fundementally alters the way the show works, like how the original curse was broken season 1.
* Promos suggest that it will be the [[spoiler: destruction of Storybrooke.]]
* Oh, it's a GameChanger all right... several characters head off to Neverland together, setting up the first arc of season 3.

[[WMG: The Wicked Witch will reveal that she and Rumplestiltkin have a history]]
Rumple and Jefferson were discussing the magic slippers (can't remember if ruby or silver color was mentioned) in one episode. Rumple has been known to travel to different worlds and made alliances with people of that realm like when needed Dr. Whale/Frankenstein to help him push Regina into villainy. There is a possibility they formed an alliance in the past, but it went sour. That would explain why he sent Jefferson to try to steal the slippers and not trying to make a deal with her to obtain it like he normally does. The Wicked Witch emerges after [[spoiler:Rumple's death]] seems too coincidental, when there was no hint of her in the Enchanted Forest when Neal was there in the same season she is set to appear in. It does keep the tradition of Rumple having a connection to every major antagonists in the series.
** Confirmed, they do have a history, she was taught magic by him.

[[WMG:Agrabah was originally a separate world from the Enchanted Forest.]]
Similar to Wonderland and Oz, this was a world of stories (from 1001 Arabian Nights) that was contained in its own plane of existence. However, somehow this world and the Enchanted Forest were conjoined, or at the very least travel between the two became very easy. That's why we see very few Agrabans in the Enchanted Forest, but all residents are aware of its existence and can at the very least obtain items from there.
* OnceUponATimeInWonderland confirms this. Agrabah is a separate world entirely from the Enchanted Forest.

[[WMG:Regina will betray Cora.]]
As Snow White noted in "The Queen Is Dead", Regina doesn't fully trust Cora. There has to be a part of her that wonders if Cora will attack Henry too. When Cora does, Regina will be [[MamaBear displeased]].
* Well, she was tricked into killing her, which sort of counts.

[[WMG: Emma will get her memories back before Henry.]]
This will result in a role-reversal. Emma as the believer and Henry as the skeptic.
* [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

[[WMG: Baelfire will restore Emma's memories of Storybrooke]]
* Much like Snow and Charming, the two of them have a habit of finding each other, suggesting that Baelfire is her True Love. It's only fitting that he'll be the one to bring back the memories she lost.
* Partially confirmed. Neal managed to steal a bottle of potion that could restore someone's memories, and sent it to Hook, who gave it to Emma.

[[WMG: Snow is either pregnant or they've had another child over the timeskip.]]
They want another baby and a year is more than enough time.
* Confirmed - she's pregnant. The baby is born in episode 20 of the season.

[[WMG: Eric really is in Storybrooke.]]
* Because Regina is such a ConsummateLiar that "she told the truth" qualifies as a Wild Mass Guess.
** She was telling the truth. She really is cleaning up her act here.

[[WMG: A main character is going to die in Neverland.]]
This is season 3. The season where typically big things start happening in a show, including removing major characters from the equation. And given that Peter Pan is supposedly the most dangerous foe the team has ever faced, it would make some sense for one of the main 9 to bite the dust in their efforts to show the seriousness of the threat they face.
* Is it Emma? In a MoodWhiplash, we lose our main character, showing what she is?
* Is it Henry? Who would essentially unhinge and shake up the cast more than him?
* Is it Snow? The darkness is rising in her. Will she pay the price for falling into evil?
* Is it Charming? A straight laced hero who might be out of his league with all this magic circling around?
* Is it Regina? Does the Evil Queen's final redemption involve dying?
* Is it Rumplestiltskin? So that the prophecy of his downfall comes true?
* Is it Hook? A man without a real side, doomed to die fighting his traditional enemy?
* Will Balefire's quest to get home land him on a trip to death?
** A main character died AFTER they got back from Neverland… Rumplestiltskin. He got better during the timeskip.

[[WMG: Princess Eva who tripped Cora is Snow White's mother]]
I watched "The Miller's Daughter" with subtitles and noticed that Snow's mother was named Queen Eva and the girl who tripped and was a bitch to Cora was also named Eva. This would explain why Cora was so bent on getting rid of her to place Regina on her throne, but not how Eva had a major personality swap.
** Not sure this counts as a Wild Mass Guess...I don't think that we were ever meant to think that they were two different people. As for the personality swap, you might rethink your life too if you realized that you'd inadvertently played a role in the creation of one of the most cruel, sadistic sorceresses you'd ever seen.
** It looks like those flashbacks were roughly 20 years apart. That's plenty of time for Eva to grow from a bratty teenage princess to a mature, kind-hearted queen even without knowing how Cora turned out.

[[WMG:The blackening of Snow's heart will be purified.]]
There is a heavy theme of Regina seeking redemption, off and on anyway, through season 2. After she noticed the blackness in Snow's heart, it seemed to vindicate her. She took great pleasure in that it was all but a proverbial death sentence for Snow - that her heart will continue to blacken until she's no better than her own. However, Regina never really considered redemption seriously until the curse was broken. Snow is actively fighting her corruption. I foresee her managing to purify herself, redeem her sin, proving to Regina that she's not too far gone. Admittedly a little Fairy Tale-esque, but if ever there was a place for it...
* Her heart's apparently been purified, as she was able to pass through the door to Glinda's prison, which only a pure heart could go through.

[[WMG:The 3 episodes before the SeasonFinale are character studies.]]
On Pinocchio, Belle, and Regina. Hence their self-titled episode titles.
* Confirmed.

[[WMG:The Candle as a catalyst.]]
Cora gave it to Snow to corrupt her. However, having [[spoiler:taken Cora's life with it, Snow will then use the other side of it to heal Rumplestiltskin. The life of Snow's Step-grandmother in order to keep her brother-in-law going. Being healed will give Gold a fresh perspective on how this blood feud has wrecked all their lives, and thus he will go to Regina, asking that she let it go so that there aren't any more casualties of war]]. Or, to put it another way, [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} "Revenge is a sucker's game,"]] going off the WMG about the villains being based on Gargoyles villains.
* He tried it. Regina didn't buy it.

[[WMG:Peter Pan wields some kind of AntiMagic.]]
This would explain why Greg and Tamara would ally with him and why even Rumplestiltskin is afraid of him.
* WordOfGod states that Greg and Tamara don't know they're working for a magical creature.
* Partially confirmed. Pan does not specialize in Anti-Magic but he did create the anti-magic cuff

[[WMG: We're going to see versions of [[{{Disney/Frozen}} Anna and Elsa]] eventually.]]
The themes in the movie and the themes in the show are quite similar. Magic comes with a price? Try manipulated memories and social isolation. The "wicked sorceress" being a misunderstood young woman with PowerIncontinence? The "act of true love" that breaks the curse [[spoiler: being ''familial'' love]]. The feminist stylings of the heroines? The ''nasty'' subversion of [[spoiler: the PrinceCharming trope with Hans]], whose scheming would fit ''right'' in with a universe where King George works on blackmail and murder and where Cora slept and murdered her way to the top? ''{{Disney/Frozen}}'s'' themes would fit Horowitz and Kitiss's darker, feminist-styled Disney AU almost perfectly!
* Definitely confirmed as of the Season 3 finale.

[[WMG: Elsa will not be truly villainous.]]
Rumple said that things in his vault were magics he considered too dangerous to keep elsewhere or ones he couldn't control. Elsa is very powerful, she may have posed a threat to any of his gambits if she was anywhere roaming free, so he sealed her in that urn. Now that she is free, her only antagonism will be toward The Dark One, and given that being trapped tends to make one rather cranky, she may not care how much damage she causes to whatever is between her and him. Various things will happen which will get people to try and put her back into The Vault, only to let loose something TRULY EVIL (fingers crossed for Chernobog) which will require them actually forming an alliance with the Snow Queen. In all the chaos, Belle will learn she does not have the true Dark One Dagger and go through some minor drama with her husband over it.
* [[spoiler:Confirmed, somewhat. She isn't the real villain, the Snow Queen is (though she will make it look like Elsa is), but once she finds out Anna was sent to the Dark One, she will likely have it in for him.]]

[[WMG: Season 4 will be a StealthSequel / ImmediateSequel to Disney/{{Frozen}}]]
According to some tweets, there will definitely be some components of the famous Disney film in the new season, but also some bits you don't always think about. Namely, [[spoiler: Kristoff needing to adjust to sleeping indoors]]. This seems to indicate that something along the lines of the movie happened, and it's the audience's fun to see how the cast grew or interacted with the other lands of the enchanted forest.
** It does seem to be heading in that direction: Elsa is Queen, Anna is set to marry Kristoff [[spoiler: prior to leaving on a quest from which she apparently does not return, and now Elsa is trying to find her.]]
** By the end of the Frozen arc, it seems to have become an ImmediateSequel in all respects, with the backstory of Ingrid and her sisters driving most of the arc's plot.

[[WMG: Frozen won't be altered, it's already the warped OUAT version of The Snow Queen]]
OUAT's game is all about taking massive liberties with the material and loves to make sympathetic characters out of the source material's villains. Frozen did most of that work for them. The material shown thus far does indicate more of a direct sequel then anything else.
** Mostly Confirmed. The events of Frozen are treated as canon. The Snow Queen is a separate entity and only a few elements of her story make it into the backstory.

[[WMG: Elsa and Anna's parents were going to the Enchanted Forest to find a way to control/remove Elsa's powers.]]
The diary only said that her powers were "terrible" and something had to be done about them. Since they never showed hatred of her in the movie, simply fear, it is likely they wanted to either help her find the control she lacked or take the magic away altogether. And whom would they have been likely to seek there but the greatest wizard known in the lands--the Dark One? Rumors of him could have reached Arendelle, or depending how long he'd been around at this point he could even be told about in history books as a legendary sorcerer who could grant any wish, make any deal, at a price...
* Confirmed, more or less.

[[WMG: Anna encountered the Dark One.]]
When their parents never made it to the Enchanted Forest due to the sinking, Anna went instead. The fact that [[spoiler:her snowflake pendant]] ended up in Gold's shop suggests either he did something to her, or something happened to her in the Enchanted Forest before she could reach him (and before the Dark Curse was cast), since all manner of items he never had anything to do with (like Eric's cloak) ended up there.
* Confirmed in that they do meet and interact. It's Anna that gets the better of him, though.

[[WMG: The reason Elsa's parents feared her powers so much was because they were afraid she'd become like the Snow Queen.]]
* This works whether or not she's really [[spoiler:Elsa's aunt]], and it especially works if they are Kai and Gerda. As a corollary, far from the Queen of Arendelle being "beloved" by the Snow Queen, she was the one who trapped the Snow Queen in the urn.
* Confirmed as of "Shattered Sight". Gerda trapped Ingrid in the urn but later regretted it, and she did have fears Elsa would grow to be as dangerous as she was.

[[WMG: The Snow Queen killed Helga.]]
* It could have been on purpose or an accident, but Ingrid killed Helga which is why she was imprisoned in the Urn, and the entire kingdom was made to forget about her, so the royal family wouldn't have to live with the trauma and shame.
** Confirmed as of "The Snow Queen". And it was an accident.

[[WMG: Elsa will provide an interesting contrast to Emma of all people]]
Emma's in an interesting point in her life. She finally has accepted Snow and Charming as her mom and dad, Henry's safe, Rump's pretty much done with his scheming for now, she got her magic back (which she finally got some training with) and she has [[spoiler: a new baby brother]]. The only rough spot right now is dealing with [[spoiler: Regina feeling betrayed for Emma creating a time paradox by bringing Marian to Storybrooke]]. Several of these components could be used to have her contrast with Elsa. Elsa's relationship with her sister is the heart of her story, so she might be a StealthMentor for Emma learning how to be a sibling. Elsa never wanted her form of magic, and cold magic might function differently than the raging fire that Rumplestiltskin and all his disciples practiced. This might give us an idea what Elsa's emotional state is entering Storybrooke, and give another contrast between the 2 for where they're going with their lives. Elsa might also hold something against Rump, so whatever feelings Emma might have for her father in law (or father by association) might be explored through that. Also, a big part of Emma's character in the show was her slowly warming up to the town, her family and her former arch nemesis. A comparison of temperament between the two might be a good reality check for how far Emma's come as a character since HER beginning, just like how Zelena was a check for Regina's character last season, or what Peter Pan was for Rump.
* The two of them certainly did bond while trapped in the ice cavern, and it seems their similarities in having powers they can't control and having been cold/shutting people out will help both of them. Elsa also seems to be finding strength and hope in Emma's extended family in helping her with her search for Anna.

[[WMG: Regina and Robin potential relationship will take the slow path]]
So that they can get to know one another and Robin can see that she is not who she once was.
* Confirmed - it was going nice and slow, then came to a screeching halt when Robin's wife came brought back from the past by Hook and Emma before she could be killed by Regina.

[[WMG: Regina will bow out of her relationship with Robin Hood]]
In order to show Regina's character growth she won't revert to Evil Queen ways in trying to harm Emma or Marian. Regina will end things, so Robin can have his family. Regina will put Robin Hood before herself, showing her love for him is true. This will ultimately set ground work for her happy ending, which will include Robin Hood.
* Technically confirmed. Marian gives Regina the go-ahead to be in a relationship with Robin Hood, but it's Regina that convinces Robin to leave Storybrooke for Marian's own good, thus saving Marian's life. (Of course, she goes back on this once she finds out Marian was a disguised Zelena.)

[[WMG: There will be a Hook/Emma/Neal love triangle in season 3.]]
With Hook and Emma on the quest to [[spoiler: save Henry in Neverland]] there's time for Hook to get over Milah and move on to Emma, the two of them bond during their quest. Meanwhile, Neal will fight like Hell to get back to Storybrooke where he [[spoiler: thinks Emma is]]. Then when Emma and, presumably, Hook [[spoiler: return to Storybrooke]] with Emma having moved on to Hook, thinking that Neal is dead, she will be surprised to see him there waiting for her. This will make things awkward seeing as Emma and Neal had previously admitted their love for one another. Oooh and then Neal can bond with Daddy Rumple over losing the women they loved to Hook and Henry can scheme to Parent Trap his mom and dad...
* Main part confirmed, details jossed. Neal went from the Enchanted Forest straight to Neverland. However, there was something of a love triangle between the trio, until Neal's HeroicSacrifice in part 2 ended it.

[[WMG: Lily will become important later on.]]
She's something Emma regrets, she's also an orphan, she has a mysterious star-shaped birthmark...
** The fact that a Season 4 episode is named after her certainly supports this idea.
** Confirmed. She's Maleficent's daughter, and the whole reason she wants revenge on the Charmings.

[[WMG: Season 4's Ursula isn't really Ursula]]
** As in, she isn't the same goddess who threatened Regina in "Ariel". She's a witch who abused the powers of the Sea Goddess for selfish reasons, possibly to take over Atlantica, or whatever equivalent Undersea Kingdom there is in the OUAT universe. Maybe the goddess punished her the same way she threatened to punish Regina, by [[ModeLock trapping her in a similar, but mortal body]], forcing her to team up with Maleficent and Cruella.
*** Partially confirmed: [[spoiler:she wasn't the goddess, merely named after her, but she wasn't a witch or punished. Instead she was a mermaid who had her voice stolen via the machinations of her father and Hook, and she became what she did by her own choice, using her father's trident.]]

[[WMG: The Queens of Darkness + Rumple will all have a personal vendetta against the heroes]]
Well, everyone does, actually, except maybe Ingrid. But the lineup will be something like this:
* Maleficent vs Regina: Simple enough, former friends turned enemies. Maybe Maleficent will be pissed about being trapped in dragon form for thirty years, or will want to try to persuade her friend to come back to the dark side. Regina granting her regenerative immortality will also be a problem that needs to be dealt with. This could be anything from hateful backlash against a "betrayal" to a reluctant FriendlyEnemy sort of thing.
** Jossed. It's Snow (and Charming) she has the vendetta against thanks to them costing her her child.
* Ursula vs Hook: They both have a connection to the ocean, and Hook trying to help out Ariel (who is stated to return) will probably put him right in Ursula's path. I've also seen it theorized the Hook's father is Davy Jones, in which case Ursula could have a "I hated your father, ergo I hate you" thing, or else be a vengeful Calypso.
** Confirmed they are enemies, but the rest was jossed.
* Cruella vs Snow: The creators have stated that there's a history between the Queens of Darkness and Snow. This is mostly guesswork here, but assuming they keep in Cruella's "kill puppies" things, that already provides her with a bit of contrast to Snow's FriendToAllLivingThings, which could have seen them at odds with each other in the past.
* Rumple vs Emma: He's literally shaped her entire life from before she was conceived. He's tried to kill her boyfriend and will likely try to [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes win her son/his grandson]] over as well. He's the Dark One, embodiment of evil and darkness, while she's the Savior, embodiment of light and true love. The contrasts and history are too rich to NOT pit them against each other.
** Yes and no. Rumple doesn't have anything against Emma per se, but he believes he needs to get rid of or corrupt her to allow the Author to give the villains happy endings.

[[WMG: Lily is Maleficent's daughter]]
* She would have been the same age as Emma and Mary-Margaret claiming that Maleficent "lost" her baby leaves it ambiguous what her actual fate was.
** I was just coming here to suggest that! Between Lily being adopted, her BirthmarkOfDestiny, and her real name being ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lilith]]'', I would be very surprised if she never showed up again. Making her Maleficent's daughter would be the perfect way to bring her back to the plot.
** [[spoiler:Confirmed.]]

[[WMG:The "wolves" that raised Graham/The Huntsman were actually werewolves.]]
Werewolves are simply called wolves in the Enchanted Forest.
* How else would he learn how to talk?
* The werewolves (those we've seen) generally dislike humans, a view they likely passed on to Graham.
* The Huntsman refuses to identify himself with a name. Werewolves, from what we've seen, do use names.
** It's unclear if the Huntsman truly lacks a name or if he simply refused to tell it to Regina.
** Confirmed per the graphic novel ''Shadow of the Queen''.

[[WMG:The Sorcerer is Merlin]]
Because it's cool to imagine Merlin with the Fantasia hat and it could lead to the long-awaited Camelot arc in Season 5.
* Confirmed.

[[WMG:The Dragon isn't dead.]]
One, his alleged death is pretty anti-climactic (relatively speaking). Two, he's clearly magical himself and very likely not-human. One doubts his moniker is unrelated to his nature and given what we've seen of other Dragons, a little taser seems unlikely to hurt him in the long run. At worst, he's probably unconscious or he left his human form. Three... well, he has a lot of lines for a one-off character and as the show has shown, one-off characters - especially one-off characters with lines and some relation to the main characters - usually aren't.
* Confirmed. He's back in the S5 finale.

[[WMG: In the season finale, Season 6A's ArcVillain will hitchike on the main cast's return to the living world]]
And he/she will be an undead or horror-related character (my money's on Literature/{{Dracula}}).
* Strangely confirmed, only it's [[TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Jekyll and Hyde.]] and he comes via the Land of Untold Stories.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Season 5B]]

[[WMG: Zelena's baby]]
Her name will be:
* Kelly
* Sage
* Cora
* Hope
* Reseda: A shade of green for her mother, and an R-name for her father.

[[WMG: Jones Family]]
Liam will be in the underworld and he and Killian will reunite.
* Liam will marry Killian and Emma.
* Killian and Liam will meet with, and reconcile with their father.
** Brennan will tell them that Liam Jr is somehow still alive and ask them to find him.
* Brennan will move on. Liam will either move on with him or go back with Killian.
* These events will take place in The Brothers Jones.

[[WMG: Moved On]]
They said that the underworld is for people who still have unfinished budiness, so there will be some people we don't see down there.
* Daniel: It would be interesting to see him, but I think that the only "unfinished business" he would have is with Regina, and I feel like that was resolved in The Doctor.
* Ingrid: All Ingrid wanted was to have a family that loved her. Because Anna have her the letter, she realized that Gerda and Helgs had loved her dearly. She was able to reconcile with the people she loved, Emma, Elsa, and Anna, before she died. She died on her own terms, so I doubt she would have any regrets. Now she's with her sisters, which is all she ever wanted.
** Helga and Gerda were probably in the underworld until Ingrid died, and then they all moved on together. That last image of them running in the field with the kite seems to confirm this.
*** While in the underworld, Emma will ask about Inhrid, only to hear that she moved on. She will be a little melancholy about not being able to see her again, but will be happy that she found her happiness.
* Gus: Because does anybody really care?

[[WMG: Hercules]]
* Season 5B will open with Hercules rushing on Pegasus to Meg's side after she is crushed by the pillar. He'll try true loves kiss, but it won't work, because she is still a slave of Hades.
** This would mirror the opening scenes from season 1 and two.
* We will see the fates.
** There's been so much talk about fate lately that it makes sense that they would show.
*** Bonus points if they do the gross eyeball thing.
* We will see the other Olympians.
** When asked about this, Kitis and Horrowitz said "maybe", which hopefully means yes.
* We will see Pegasus.
** Because you simply can't have a Hercules crossover without Pegasus.
* We will see Cerebus.
** Because that would be awesome.

[[WMG: Rescue Mission]]
* The Nevengers and Hercules will work together to find their specific love interests.
* Hades will give our Nevengers a limited amount of time to find their respective love interests.
** However he will be holding them captive in his dungeon or something, because he doesn't like giving up souls.
*** Killian and Meg are going to become friends in prison.
* At one point, they will have to make a choice whether to save Killian or Meg.
** But, of course, they'll end up saving both.
* Meg will end up saving HERSELF from Hades.
** It will mirror the season three finale. "Sorry, the only one who gets to save me is me."
* Emma and Meg will become friends.
** The Disney princesses have been shown to be friends in this show and I think that would be cool.
* Hercules and David will become friends.

[[WMG: Milah]]
It's been confirmed she's in the underworld.
* She will have a RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap moment.
** We'll finally get to see the woman Killian fell in love with, not the jerk who abandoned her son.
*** My guess is she'll do something like save Henry.
* Emma and Milah will meet and become friends before they discover they have Killian in common. There will be awkwardness between them, but they'll eventually grow to be good friends.
** The awkwardness between them will mirror the arguing between Killian and Meal in Dark Hollow.
* Milah will help on the rescue mission.
* Milah will run into Rumplestiltskin.
** Extreme awkwardness will ensue.
* By the end of the underworld arc, Milah will move on.

[[WMG: Neal]]
It's been confirmed he's going to be in this season.
* We'll see Neal and Milah reunite.
** She'll be overjoyed to see him and try to apologize, but he'll still be very angry and tell her that she's no better than Rumplestiltskin. She'll be taken aback and he'll storm off. They will later see something that convinces them to reconcile.
* Neal will find out what his dad has done. The confrontation will be epic. This will convince Rumplestiltskin to choose good again.
* Neal will be glad to see Killian and hug him, mirroring the hug from Quiet Minds.
* Neal is in the underworld for Henry. They will reunite. Henry will run into his dad's arms, and it will be the cutest thing ever.
* Neal will either return with Henry and Emma, or Move on with
** If he does move on, Rumplestiltskin will beg him not to go, but they will reconcile and Rumplestiltskin will stay good in his sons honor.
* He will help to rescue Killian.

[[WMG: Cora]]
* Because Cora regained her heart, she will be a much nicer person now. She will apologize sincerely for everything she did to Regina, and to redeem herself, will help in the search for Killian.
* We'll have several moments between her and Henry.
* Somehow, Cora will meet Zelena.
** She'll apologize for abandoning Zelena and tell her that she never meant to. She'll encourage Zelena not to waste her life on vengeance, because it's never worth it.
*** She'll say the Arcwords "You're so beautiful."
* Having reconciled with her daughters and having redeemed herself Cora will move on.
** Zelena will name her daughter Cora in her mothers honor.
* Zelena meeting her mother and Cora moving on will happen in Sisters.

[[WMG: Sisters]]
We'll have s flashback to when Zelena and Regina were children. They'll both be fed up with the life they are living and run away. Somehow they'll meet, but won't know they're sisters and become friends. Cora will realize Zelena is her daughter and will try to take her back. Zelena's adoptive mother won't be on board with the idea and Cora will be the one to kill her. This is why Zelena's adoptive father hates magic so much. Neither Regina or Zelena know that they met each other before, but they'll find out in this episode.

[[WMG: Ruby Slippers]]
This will be our first look at what Zelena has been doing in Oz.
* She'll try to take over Oz again, but Dorothy will get work and fulfill her destiny by stopping her.
** Zelena will be in a position where she can kill Dorothy, but she won't, proving there is still good in her.
** Dorothy will kill Zelena, sending Zelena to the underworld, where she will run into Cora and the Nevengers. Cora will ask Regina to take her back with her so that Zelena can have the happy ending Cora never did.
* We'll see an army of munchkins. It will be glorious.
* Red will also be centered in this episode.
** We'll finally see some Redwolf or Frankenwolf. Please.
*** Redwolf is cannon. Read Shadow of the Queen.

[[WMG: Family Reunions]]
Prepare for Tearjerkers and Heartwarmings.
* Snow's family.
** Snow will be over

[[WMG: Hades has some beef with the Frankensteins]]
After all, the doctor's purpose is to raise the dead (especially his brother and mother), [[BerserkButton and Hades hates when he loses a soul]]. However, given Creator/DavidAnders is [[{{Series/IZombie}} otherwise engaged]] and Dr. White/Frankenstein is still on the living world, the focus will be mostly on his brother (and possibly the father as well).

[[WMG: We will get to see more of Hart Archer]]
Because another troper suggested that he is Eros/Cupid, and since we have Hades and Zeus mentioned, why not bring in Eros?

[[WMG: Somehow 5B will allow for Asgard as well]]
Because we're already seeing Olympus, er, getting references to it, and Norse and Roman mythology aren't that far apart. Plus when Hades gets mad at someone or talks about his big brother he reminds me of Loki. Disney owns Marvel, so why not?

[[WMG: Henry removing magic is Disney's attempt/homage of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'']]
Speaking of Disney owning Marvel, or rather a huge part of Marvel that Disney ''doesn't'' own... ''House of M'' deals with Scarlet Witch depowering almost every mutant on the planet (''almost''; sorry [[WalkingWasteland Whither]]). Since the only super-powered characters in the MCU have been [[AppliedPhlebotinum mutates]] (including Scarlet Witch), aliens, and the Inhumans who are considered a separate race instead of "the next stage of human evolution", changing "no more mutants" to "no more magic" is Disney's next best thing.

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[[folder: Season Six]]

[[WMG: Jekyll will get an AdaptationNameChange]]
Considering his first name is Henry in the original book, and there are already [[OneSteveLimit two significant characters]] with that name in the story, he'll be renamed something else.
* It might very well be Harry, which is a name derived from Henry.

[[WMG: The Evil Queen cannot die, because one cannot die without the other.]]
Basically, The Evil Queen is one part of a whole, along with Regina. As long one part lives, the other will continue to live as well. The implications of this is that Regina has to merge both parts of herself together again to stop The Evil Queen wreaking havoc. Otherwise, both parts will have to die. Another prediction is that Regina will temporarily die as a build-up towards the climax of next season.
** Confirmed that killing one kills the other; however, they found a different way to resolve the Evil Queen.

[[WMG: [[spoiler:Robin Hood will be brought BackFromTheDead.]]]]
Unlikely, though the actor is confirmed to return.
** Jossed - it's an alternate universe version of him.

[[WMG: Jekyll will become a love interest for Regina]]
It's no coincidence that he showed up right after Robin died! Plus he and Regina will have more [[StrangledByTheRedString credible reasons to fall in love than she and Robin]] what with being good people that had so much evil baggage it had to be [[LiteralSplitPersonality physically removed.]]
** Jossed. He's crazier than Hyde, and dies early on.

[[WMG: Part of the season's plot will involve accepting both sides of yourself.]]
And by the end of the arc, both Regina and Jekyll will have re-absorbed their other halves, but learned how to no longer let their evil side control them.
** Possibly confirmed, though the "re-absorbing their other halves" part is jossed: Jekyll and Hyde die, and Regina chooses love over hate, giving her other side a chance at redemption by re-absorbing some of her darkness and giving the Evil Queen some of her light.

[[WMG: The figure from Emma's visions]]
[[spoiler: is a Dark One. Specifically, Nimue still lives within Rumple and will manipulate him to split herself off, taking his powers with her for good this time, and wants revenge on Emma for rejecting the powers of darkness. After all, truly corrupting a Savior would be a great coup for a Dark One, and Emma's overcoming such an attempt has undoubtably made Nimue very angry at her.]]
** Jossed - it's Gideon.

[[WMG: It's Regina in Emma's visions]]
* But she's not trying to kill Emma; [[SuicideByCop she's trying to push Emma to kill her]], in hopes of getting rid of The Evil Queen permanently. The hood is so Emma won't know it's her and won't hesitate.
** Jossed. It's Gideon.

[[WMG: The Dragon's missing daughter]]
* Assuming it isn't Lily as theorized way above, it could be Mulan or (more likely) her mother. Since short of the child taking after the mother/appearing however she as a shapeshifter wishes to appear, it's hard to imagine a white Lily being the child of an Asian Dragon.

[[WMG: Regina and Emma will escape the Wish Realm via the Magic Wardrobe]]
* Because the Dark Curse was never cast in the Wish Realm, there was never any need to fashion a wardrobe from the enchanted tree. It's also been confirmed that Emma and Regina will seek help from the Wish Realm's version of Pinocchio and Gepetto, so it's likely they'll help with making the wardrobe.
** Confirmed

[[WMG: Regina got exactly what was coming to her]]
* So the wish to give the Queen exactly what was coming to her caused Gideon to come to Storybrooke and turn her into a snake. Now consider that Regina and the Evil Queen are the same person. What if the wish to give the Evil Queen exactly what was coming to her also affected Regina too? Only since it was the good part of the character, instead of doing something bad to her, it did something good to reward all the suffering she's endured. Hence Robin's return to the story seems like a lot less of an ass pull.

[[WMG: The wand used to originally banish the Black Fairy used to belong to [[spoiler:Tiger Lily]]]]
* Observe that it seems to be made out of wood (Tiger Lily says it "isn't just driftwood") but is shaped like an arrowhead. This would make perfect sense for a wand belonging to a fairy who [[spoiler:took on the persona of a Native American princess in Neverland]]. Also, the way [[spoiler:Tiger Lily]] speaks of the Black Fairy's banishment, and her failure to save the Black Fairy from darkness, speaks of personal experience--as in, she had to be the one to banish her ''herself'' [[spoiler:after which she gave up her wings and went into exile out of remorse]]. Whether the wand was broken by the banishment or [[spoiler:as part of Tiger Lily giving up her wings]] isn't clear; for the only other fairy we know to have lost her powers (Tink), it's never revealed what happened to her wand as a result.
** Partially {{Jossed}}. It wasn't [[spoiler:Tiger Lily]]'s wand, but the Black Fairy's from before she went evil. But Tiger Lily was still involved, since she was the one who broke the wand, and it was because she let the Black Fairy in the vault (and showed her books of fairy lore in the first place) that she ended up banished.

[[WMG: Emma will die during the final battle and be revived by true love's kiss from Killian.]]
* Taking a page from Manga/Prétear, which was based on the Snow White and Cinderella myths, Emma will use up or lose all her power defeating the Black Fairy and seem to be dead. The town will gather to mourn her, but Killian will refuse to let her go and kiss her, causing her to wake up. Bonus points if magical snow/ sparkles are falling all over Storybrooke the whole time, healing the damage from the battle between the Black Fairy and Emma and reviving anyone else who was killed/ hurt, and if the kiss causes a Magical Transformation for Emma, giving her some kind of white swan-themed dress.
** Half-confirmed - Emma dies, but it's Henry who revives her. The "healing the damage" part is also confirmed.

[[WMG: Gold isn't really working with his mother.]]
* He has finally realized that this endless cycle of his constant shifting between hero and villain season after season needs to stop, and that he has convinced Fiona that he is on her side as part of a ploy (perhaps Belle and Gideon are involved and he told them the truth offscreen) to help Emma.
** Jossed - he really did work with her, but didn't fully trust her and winds up killing her, while at the same time inadvertently giving Emma the chance she needs to win the Final Battle.

[[WMG: Emma will still fight the Hooded Figure in the finale.]]
* Only it will no longer be Gideon (the Oracle said that even though it was always supposed to end with her death, certain aspects of the scene itself would change) - it will be [[TrueFinalBoss Black / Fiona]] wielding Hrunting.
** Jossed - it's still Gideon. Although since via heart control he was being forced to carry out her dying wish, in a weird way it kind of was Fiona she was facing.

[[WMG: Emma and Fiona will pull a MutualKill.]]
* Fiona will run Emma through with Hrunting, but as Emma looks up into the hooded face, she swears to protect her family and all the worlds and stabs her right back (bonus points if it's her father's sword for an extra TearJerker) before using the wand to finish her (possibly vaporizing her completely in a manner similar to Hades) and then presumably dying along with her. Of course, her death won't last long as Killian, Henry, or her parents will bring her back, possibly via True Love's Kiss.
** Jossed - Fiona is killed by Rumple; Emma lets Gideon kill her, and Henry brings her back.

[[WMG: Emma won't die in The Final Battle.]]
* Technically speaking, it's only been stated that [[ExactWords "The Savior" will die]], not Emma herself. If you take this as a metaphorical statement rather than a literal one, it could mean that Emma will stop being The Savior and no new one will take her place (since the ultimate evil that The Savior was meant to defeat will be gone). Thus, "The Savior" will "die", but Emma will live.
** Jossed - she dies but gets better.
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[[folder: Season 7]]
[[WMG: Lucy's mother is the Dark One.]]
* One of the new cast members will be Henry's true love. Somehow she ends up getting the Dark One's powers and becomes corrupted. Her plans needed Henry and Lucy out of the way, but she isn't quite evil enough to kill them, so instead she wipes out all of their memories of their relationship. Now only knowing Henry as the son of the previous Savior, she sends him to the mortal realm with yet another memory wipe. Eventually Lucy will figure out their connection and break the spell on all three, and her mother will change sides.

[[WMG: Dr. Facillier and/or his Friends on the Other Side are the darkness Henry and Lucy were fleeing in the Season 6 The Final Battle Part 1 opening scene or they are connected/related to the Dark One/Darkness or are the ones who cast the new curse or are connected/responsible for the disappearance of Eloise Gardner or will be revealed as the BigBad and BiggerBad or GreaterScopeVillain of this season.]]
* The Friends on the Other Side have a connection to the Darkness based on the way Facillier disappeared with darkness surrounding him since Facillier draws his powers from the Friends and they are darkness/shadow-based entities. Also Facillier and the Friends are the reason for Eloise's disappearance given the appearance of the symbol in her journal and it's stated purpose being to ward away great evil. Also think that the Facillier and his Friends are the darkness that Henry and Lucy were fleeing the flashback and are responsible for the curse, connected to it or are using it to their advantage in some way.

[[WMG: Drizella is a DiscOneFinalBoss and will have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and eventual HeelFaceTurn mirroring Regina.]]
* Before Victoria was taken to prison, she warned Ivy against letting Eloise out, being a powerful witch with control over flora. Eloise (confirmed to actually be Gothel) may end up betraying her and becoming the true antagonist of the season, and Regina will help Ivy see just how far she went for revenge on her mother, culminating in her having a VillainousBreakdown and wishing to change things.
** Alternatively, Dr. Facillier could be the TrueFinalBoss of the season, simply hiding in Hyperion waiting for his chance.
** As of 7x10, Drizella is indeed a DiscOneFinalBoss to Gothel - perhaps this will be her chance to make amends for her actions.

[[WMG: Drizella is in love with Henry]]
* The biggest twist of all - she cursed his heart because ''she'' loves him, but she isn't willing to admit it. Before, when she was going to kill him, she put on a JerkassFacade to make herself seem worse than she really was - we don't even know if she would have gone through it because 'Gina knocked her out. She doesn't want True Love's Kiss to happen between him and Jacinda because she's a ClingyJealousGirl. It may be a sort of IfICantHaveYou plan - if he falls for Jacinda, he'll die. What happens if he falls for Drizella instead, however, is unknown.
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