OUAT Theories and Head-Canon
Gonna start this journal off by HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS SUNDAY'S EPISODE. I am excited about this Sunday's episode. Okay, moving on.
So, I guess I should talk about my side of the whole Beauty and the Beast/RumpBelle thing. It seems the fandom has become split in two; either against it or for it, and I admit I'm for it. Before the first promo trailer for the episode aired, we knew that a Beauty and the Beast eppie was being done (from photos we saw of Belle) and theories started popping up everywhere on who the beast was. Some thought the Stranger was the beast, some thought Bae (Rumpel's son), and there were some that thought Rumpels, himself, was. Me? I thought it was going to be a new character; mainly because it is a town and there are other fairy tale stories outside our main ensemble. However, I was wrong. When I saw theories about Rumps being the beast I thought it highly unlikely. Not that I hated the idea, but I thought it was unlikely that the writers would do that. I mean, we learned that Rumpels has his hands in just about everybody's pockets including Cinderella's and Snow White's, we found out how Rumpels became Rumpels including that he had a son that we don't know what happened to. I just thought that Rumpels being the Beast might be pushing it a little too far-fetched, that the writer's wouldn't go there. Then low and behold the "Skin Deep" promo aired, and what do you know, Rumpelstiltskin is the Beast.
Now, I said that before I thought it was a -not bad idea- but a little too "out there" of an idea that the writers wouldn't go for. And then I watched the promo and my mind was changed instantly. When the narrator goes "A beauty, a beast, and the legendary love tale..." I thought 'Oh God, they're actually doing it.' Then I watched the rest of the promo. Now, in my head I'm thinking that this will either be really good or really bad. From what I've seen it looks like they did it right, but then again the promos can be misleading; however, from what I've seen in the sneak peeks I have reason to believe this might go well.
To the fans who are giving up watching the series because of this: grow up. It's not the first time they've combined fairy tales in this series. Hell, that's what the series is about. Oh, and Rumpels is not your lover/boyfriend/husband/fiancé/yours in general; so the fact that he had a romantic relationship with someone other than you or your Mary Sue in canon does not give you the right to bitch and moan. Okay, be a little sad but c'mon guys, think about it. With someone that complex surely the writers would have eventually done something with him romantically or sexually. Think about this too, you know they won't have a happy ending anyway because she's obviously not with him anymore. Let the little imp be in love geez! Or if it makes you feel any better, imagine that it's you instead of Belle. Let the man be in love, IT HAPPENS. To those who just don't like the idea of them together, that's understandable, just grin and bear it. The episode will be over soon. If the episode turns out to be crap you can tell us "told you so" but who knows, it just might be the best episode thus far.
Sorry, I needed to get that out of my system. *takes deep breaths* Moving on! Now for something completely different... theories!
Theory 1: The Stranger is one of the Grimm Brothers who wrote the book
No. Just, no. Well... sort of no. Do I take interest in the Stranger being one who may have written the book? Yes. Is he a Grimm brother also? No! Why? Because the Grimm brothers did not even write the fairy tales. The Grimm brothers were plagiarists who simply gathered fairy tales together and wrote them down. Did they create the stories themselves? No. If he is a Grimm brother then fine. Actually... thinking about this now, if he does turn out to be a Grimm brother that would make sense. Cuz we as an audience know that all the tales are true in this series so if the Stranger steps up to claim that he wrote the book it would make sense. I could see Henry calling him a liar, that he did not write the stories and that they're true but nobody believing him. So, actually I change my mind. I think this theory may have something to it.
Theory 2: The Stranger is Bae (Rumpel's son)
No, me no support. The Stranger wouldn't be a stranger if he was Bae. Bae is a part of Fairy Tale Land so he would have gotten stuck in the curse as well. What happened to him I have no flipping clue. I have a feeling we'll eventually find out but I highly doubt he's the Stranger. The Stranger is "someone new," someone nobody in the town knows. He's about as likely to be Bae as Rumpelstiltskin is as likely to be Captain Hook.
Theory 3: Charming's biological mother is Belle
This one I heard today and I'm strangely not completely shunning it. It was defended that because 1) Charming & his brother we never see the father (possible Rumpel is their father), and what got me was 2) The look that Rumpels and Charming's mother exchange. I always wondered why he looked at her that way, as if he felt sorry for taking one of the twins away. Why am I not completely for this? TOO MANY RELATIONS! I know these are the guys who wrote Lost (which I never really watched but I tried and got lost -not pun intended) so there's bound to be some confusing stuff in here, but let me break these relations down as best I can: The king is married to the Evil Queen who is Snow's step-mother and later Snow's grandson's step-mother, Snow and Charming are married and have Emma who has Henry who becomes the step-son of the Evil Queen. Now, let's look at this with Rumpels as Charming's biological father (assuming the twins are his along with Belle's): Rumpels is the father of Charming who is married to Snow, has Emma is bio-mom to Henry who is step-son to EQ who is step-grandma to Emma. Which would make Rumpels Henry's great-grandfather... O_O *brain explodes*
Theory 4: Regina is the Miller's Daughter
Ok, I didn't like this one very much at first; mostly because those who suggest it tend to be Gold/Regina fans which I don't generally support. But then today I started thinking about it and what a good theory it actually is. First, let's look at The EQ's reality name: Regina Mills. Hello? Mills, as in Miller? Miller's Daughter anyone? Everyone's name somehow correlates back to their original identities except Regina's... I think. I don't see "evil witch queen" anywhere in "Regina Mills" unless you think about Mean Girls. Who here has ever felt personally victimized by Regina Mills?
Now let's look at a couple of scenes between Rumpels/Gold and EQ/Regina. First, the jail scene in Fairy Tale Land. The way these two interact with each other is as if they've known each other for a long time. My thought is that when EQ was younger (say late teens) was when the Rumpelstiltskin story took place and now she's what say in her early thirties, so that's at least ten years of knowing each other. She seems to know what he's capable of and she doesn't underestimate him. She knows that he has the answers she needs and has obviously also had dealings with him in the past.
Let's look at the scene between Regina and Mr. Gold by the apple tree. Regina says "I'm not in the business of making deals with you anymore." Now, for the sake of the theory, we can perhaps think that she's not just referring to the deal she made with Gold about Henry. Why? Because of the way she said "deals" as in she's made more than one deal with him. I guess we can assume Regina made other deals with Gold, but excluding that thought, when he replies "to which deal are you referring?" as fans we suddenly get the impression that he remembers just by seeing the look on Regina's face. She tries to hide any doubts that he remembers by saying "You know what deal." When Gold mentions Henry and Regina isn't looking at him we can see that she's thinking about her EQ life; possibly of the deal they made before the curse, but for the sake of this theory, possibly of that first deal she made with him in in their fairy tale. Of course that's also the moment when she realizes that it's possible that he remembers. She knows not to underestimate him; so the thought that he might remember does not come across as doubtful in her mind.
When it comes down to it for this theory, there is this fantastic dynamic between them that stems from knowing and dealing with each other for a long time. The more I think about it, the more likely it sounds to me. Plus, getting back for a sec to the Gold/Regina; now I only care for the pairing if she is indeed the Miller's Daughter. Still gonna keep shipping Rump/Belle, Rump/Ella, Gold-Rump/Emma, and Gold/shovel & Gold/bell though. I digress.