Once and again...

[monimala]

I keep mulling over the story arc from this week's Once Upon a Time, and my initial annoyance at Rumpelstiltskin being involved in EVERY major fairy tale remains, but I can't help but be compelled by Robert Carlyle. The man is sublime, and watching him and Lana Parrilla go head-to-head is a delicious thrill. They're just pros. And I'm glad that the

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[wily_one24]

Ahh, so you *haven't* been reading theories then

[monimala]

Oh, that Regina is theoretically the miller's daughter from the original Rumpelstiltskin tale was something I knew! I'd sort of forgotten the application of it in this instance, though, what with her being all EQ-y in the flashbacks and clearly in possession of power.

I think R's wife left him because of his extreme cowardice,..so it would be interesting to me if, in a twist on the original tale, he'd wed the miller's daughter himself and they were raising their child (not the king's) together until she skipped off to find a better life. Then, perhaps, Snow found out about the EQ leaving them behind and marrying her father?

[wily_one24]

Ok, yes, I didn't even get that you were referring to Rumplestiltskin's wife in the show, I thought you knew a different fairy tale in which... ok.

I should sleep more, maybe then my brain would work.

Ooooh, I like that theory. Could you imagine? Rumpy and Regina are exes? Which means she abandoned her son... ohhh, the deliciousness.

Which kinda gets me thinking. Rumpy lived in fairytale bad times, what with the ogre wars and the evil king who sacrificed all the kingdom's children to fight (or possibly feed) the ogres. You could then say that the original king that imprisoned the Miller's daughter was this land's evil king... Rumpy helps her (but then... he didn't have powers before then, so that kind negates the entire theory, but moving on), they get married and then she splits because of his cowardice. Cue the story line we saw in the show