Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184.79.223.219-20130310020248/@comment-71.220.165.6-20130606193532

I think all of these ideas are thrilling. Especially the one with Alice being the mother (the one with Dorothy, though, is pretty close. I didn't even CONSIDER the Hat looking like a tornado until I read it from someone.) True, the trailer does show her being in love with Cyrus, and that did throw me off a bit, but then Disney sometimes likes to do First Love stories and love-triangles (look at what they did with their telling of Pocahontas and with Enchanted, etc. And Emma, even, was beginning to fall for the sheriff before he died.) Maybe Cyrus turns bad later. Who knows? As for the Mad Hatter being Mad BEFORE he met Alice, yes, these people wouldn't go as far as completely changing the story in spite of them liking to make their own versions, but it wouldn't exactly ruin the story if they made him Mad afterwards - they could just say he was simply "the Hatter" when they first met.

And, yeah, I think they should TOTALLY make Rumple the Cheshire Cat - he totally fits!

I considered that Regina might be the mother, but then that doesn't exactly make sense. She adopted Henry because she wanted a child - why not just take care of her own daughter, instead?

I also considered for a brief moment that Jefferson might be Henry's father, and maybe Emma just doesn't remember who he looked like or something, but then that still doesn't exactly make sense.

Oh, and I agree - when I first saw the actress for Alice, I did think that she and Grace/Paige looked A LOT alike.