Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5934324-20130325011804/@comment-91772-20130509180535

A Spy in the Mirror wrote: ''I take a chance at repeating something that may have been said in the last 20 comments, which I have not read because I'm excited by an idea I want to share. So, just in case: Sorry.''

A couple of commentators have mentioned both Wendy and Alice. Wonderland has played an important part in both seasons, with the Mad Hatter residing in Story Brooke, and Cora having done her evil-queen thing there and in the Enchanted Forest.

Think of all those kids -- like Wendy and Alice and Dorothy and all those Missing Boys (as set up in the last episode.) for example -- who were effected by magic, What if, over time, an organization of people affected by magic has grown in "our" world, who want(ed) to protect the children from magic? Disney has the rights to so many tales, from Oz to Alice to the Hundred Acre Wood, all involving non-magical people crossing overing into magical and fantasy realms, there is a lot of material to mine there. (What is the truth about the relationship between Christoper Robin and that bear?) It would also be a logical progression: lost magic to regained magic to supressed magic. Once Upon a Time is, after all, about embracing heritage.

It also would be interesting to explore how the non-magical people in the Enchanted Forest think of the machinations of the folks with magic, even of the "good" folks with magic. I can see how these stories could compliment each other.

[Aside: For some reason, the term Home Office makes me think of both England and a far-flung industry.]

Thanks for your time.

I think the organization Tamara works for maybe as old as the pyramids of Egypt.It would certainly explain their vast amount of knowledge about magic. I don't think magic has just affected children but magical creatures do seek them out because of their innocence. Once again showing a very dark and evil side to magic.

in fact the message of the show from the Getgo has been that All magic has a price, not Dark Evil magic or magic for personal gain or if used to solve everything but that ALL magic has a price. so the show does portray magic as something inherently evil and dangerous.