Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-1894786-20150214180011

Bgwinstonfc30 wrote: Does anyone have other thoughts on my Rip Van Winkle idea?

"Rip Van Winkle is the creator of the original sleeping curse, and he tries to make another one to put Regina to sleep, thinking that he is doing everyone a favor. Somehow this goes wrong and he has to redeem himself."

I like this one becasue Rip Van WInkle has already had a cameo (through the radio in "The Apprentice"), I think he would be an intersting character, and the idea of an accidental anti-hero is cool to me. I know he was in a deleted scene, but I would assume that since it was deleted it didn't actually happen. Also, if it's canon and Rumple put him to sleep before the first curse, when the first curse hit woulnd't he either wake up r possbiyl be in a coma in the hospital? As far as I know, no deleted scene has ever been deemed non-canon (if there is an example, someone please let me know). And going by the original short story, Rip Van Winkle was asleep for 20 years. Safe to assume that Rumple and his cruelty would make him sleep for 200, which probably makes him wake just before Curse. Rip Van Winkle is also the name of his son, which could be the one in Storybrooke.