Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20161114173607

In similar vein to the Dragon as Mulan's father thread, I want to pull this discussion away from specific episodes, and have it in the spoiler section so as to not accidentally spill any spoilers. Lets keep speculation here focused on Lily and her possible relationship to the Dragon.

Why would the Dragon Be Lily's dad?

First, I will say that I was not for this line of thinking initially, but after watching I'll Be Your Mirror, I think this may well be the case. Why and How?

1. first supposition is that The Dragon (whose name has yet to be revealed) was fully aware of his liason with Maleficent, unlike Mal's story of not remembering (and who knows if that is really true?). He knew that Mal was having a child, and he kept watch from a distance, waiting for an opportunity to 'rescue' the child from Mal after it was born.

2. The events caused by Snow and Charming's interference led to Lily being swept away to the LWM. The Dragon was able to ascertain what happened, and managed to find his own way to the LWM just before the Dark Curse. (in fact, based on what we saw in NYC, he may be powerful enough to open a portal in a land that has more magic). He spent many years trying (and failing) to locate his daughter.

Add to that the simple fact that The Dragon can turn into a Dragon (which was just an assumption until I'll be your Mirror, and the fact that the Dragon had lost a daughter, and I think you have the strong beginnings of a working theory.

Continuieng with the theory, It is the Dragon's pursuit of Lily to the LWM that explains why he was here to begin with. And it was his origin in the EF that enabled him to know and recognize Pinnochio as an adult and call him by name. My guess is that somewhere along the way, the Dragon pieced together what happened as far as the Dark Curse, but unlike Ingrid had no way of finding the quaint New England village. And he was in NYC (from Phukhet) because he finally found information on Storybrooke, and was moving closer.

I won't say that the Dragon IS Lily's father, but I do believe the stage is now set for that reveal, should the writers choose that direction. 