BellegoldWhat do you guys suppose Rumple is up to if the AU has no villains? Is he just chilling, using magic to keep the crops growing or something?

ouatwatcherMy theory is he is still in the jail snowing trapped him in…but who knows. For all we know he is the court jester

rumbelleluvWell I think in the promo for next ep he was still in the Snowing jail. So I bet you are right about that.  It’s just weird how they worded it.  And I can’t think that he stays in the jail the whole episode/length of the AU.  I’m pretty sure there were pics of him outside in EF form so somehow he must get out.

ouatwatcherI just want to know how Henry was born without Emma meeting Bae in the Land Without Magic. (And is Belle also still trapped in a cell?)

rumbelleluvThose are the 2 things I am worried about. I am worried about how they will explain Henry since obviously Emma was unable to meet Bae. I am also worried about Belle too. I have to think she’ll be in the AU also but I don’t know how. I would think in the beginning she is still trapped by Regina but if no curse happens then that is the divergence point and I am sure she would be freed

scribbles-by-kateI’m not expecting to see Belle in the AU at all, though it’s possible she gets a mention. If we do see her, it’ll be a nice surprise.

And I wouldn’t worry about Henry. He has to be Bae and Emma’s son because that’s how biology works. He can’t be Hook’s son because they would need a different actor for Henry. I’m guessing Bae got back to the Enchanted Forest somehow, met Emma, and they had Henry, and then Bae still died.

rumbelleluvI guess I just don’t have faith that they wont change Henry’s father in the AU and have us “suspend our belief” because its temporary. The other option I saw someone mention before (can’t remember who) is that Henry in the AU might just play the role of a random knight. That I could find more believable in an AU then changing one of his parents.

Maybe you are right though and they will find some way to say he got back to the EF somehow long enough to meet Emma and have Henry. That would be my ideal option I just have a hard time working it out in my head.

I’m wondering if it’s like the Heroes and Villains AU, so the Henry we see in knight costume, is actually our Henry undercover. It looked like in the promo, the Regina from our reality crossed over, why not Henry as well? That would solve the parent problem, and mean the writers wouldn’t have to acknowledge/reference Neal at all.

Perhaps Henry’s role is to get close to Princess Emma, and try and get her to believe in herself again, so as to end ‘the wish’ and return everything to normal. That could well be Hook’s role as well. So Hook in the AU is from the show’s reality, as I can’t see how AU!Captain Hook and Princess Emma would cross paths, especially because AU Hook should still be on his revenge crusade against Rumple.