Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25551215-20191204022821/@comment-25551215-20200111020929

8x03 is out! I'll try to get the 8x04 promo out soon.


 * Chillingworth feeds Julian, who continues to glare at him.
 * “That’s no way to treat your doctor,” he says.
 * “You are no doctor,” he spits out. “You’re just a liar and a fraud.”
 * “I wouldn’t be too sure of that,” he says. “You’re just a chip in my game.”
 * “Whatever I am doesn’t matter. Romeo will find me and we will be together again!”
 * In the present day, Hester walks down the street when she runs into Tilly and Margot
 * By then, she’s in modern clothes so neither of them recognise her
 * The scene shifts to the new Charming house. Snow and Charming have just dropped Neal off at daycare (it’s a day off for both of them) and share a relaxing moment together
 * We find out that Emma and OG Hook are off gallivanting away from the UR on a cross-country road trip… conveniently also on a phone/magic/mirror cleanse
 * Snow goes through the mail when she sees an elegant envelope addressed to David… with blood – and a scarlet A.
 * The letter is a death threat.
 * Snow and David look at each other in horror.
 * Cue the title card, which is the Charmings’ farmhouse
 * We flash back to the Enchanted Forest (before 2x12), in the kingdom of King George
 * Prince Charming sneaks out of the castle and goes to a house
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">There, he meets Hester, who is married to Chillingworth. We’ve transposed The Scarlet Letter from Massachusetts to the Enchanted Forest.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They get down and dirty.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina uses a locator spell to find Facilier and finds him in her mausoleum
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Facilier is very coy and evades the question by kissing her
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina rips out his heart and commands him to tell her
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Facilier tells him the Shadow Raven resurrected him to collect her blood
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina asks what the Raven wants, and Facilier tells her that they want her to face her Reckoning.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">David calls the sheriff’s office (he’s retired) and Sabine picks up
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">David fills her in on what happened and gets help from Rogers
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rogers makes sure they’re okay before investigating any correlations between whoever sent the letter and the colloquially dubbed Scarlet Killer/Shadow Raven
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Julian asks Chillingworth why he is the way he is
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth says that the Shadow Raven is very demanding
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He then silences him before ripping out his heart as a bargaining chip
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He then teleports to Storybrooke and dons a mask, heading for the asylum.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Back in the past, King George discovers Hester pregnant with a child in the company of Charming.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Hester tries to defend herself, but George says she must be punished for having a child out of wedlock
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">George locks her up in prison
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He then turns to Charming, telling him, “Be careful what you do with your life. I wouldn’t want to have to replace you, James.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Yeah, that’s right – Hester wasn’t with Charming, he was with James.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Back in the present, Hester meets up with Romeo
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Romeo tells her that Chillingworth is in Storybrooke hunting someone down
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Hester takes this as her opportunity. She takes Pearl with her…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">...and as they (and Romeo) make their way down Main Street, they run into Tilly and Margot
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tilly asks if they’re okay, and Hester says they’re trying to escape –
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">A raven caws, and Hester gets paranoid. Margot connects two and two and deduces that she is aware of the raven and the scarlet letter.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Margot asks if they know who the Raven is.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She says she doesn’t, but her husband Chillingworth is associated with the Raven and likely knows.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina scours the library for any evidence of a Reckoning.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Snow and David, who are on the move to avoid the killer, ask her what she’s looking for
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She fills them in, and Snow compares it to Emma’s Final Battle
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina asks the real questions here: “Snow, what if this Reckoning thing kills me?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Back in the past, George administers Hester’s punishment.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yes, my dear, this may be cruel and unusual punishment; but you see, I cannot have a prince who sleeps with a commoner.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">George applies a magical brand to Hester – a scarlet A that she cannot take off without spilling the blood of the person who has wronged her most, which will kill her if left for too long
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Spilling the blood is a euphemism for killing.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth watches angrily in the crowd.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Back in Storybrooke, the asylum door opens. Chillingworth has found his target…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">And it’s Albert Spencer.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth demands to know where his son is.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Spencer directs him to Charming’s farmhouse (let’s not question how he got that info), but warns him that Snow and Charming are a dangerous match
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He then reveals he is waiting for the Raven to call on his service. He’s desperate to leave by now.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth scowls before choking him to death with magic, calling him pathetic.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tilly and Margot follow their lead to the Land of Untold Stories, investigating Hyde’s old hideout (pun unintended)
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They find files on every LUS resident, including Hester and oddly, Chillingworth’s, which is placed next to a coin with a raven on it.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They read the file, and… any ideas?
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Nope. But they do keep the pages.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Sabine and Rogers go to Charming’s house and get ambushed by Chillingworth
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They’re about to get him when he poofs away
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">But we do get a glimpse of a scarlet A brand on him
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the past, Hester’s in prison with the brand causing her pain
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She’s also already given birth
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth visits her and attempts to kill her for having defied his orders to keep a watch on the area for any pieces of the Raven Painting.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Prince James enters and knocks him out (he has no magic yet) and gives her a key
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He’s not in love with her, but she was good in bed so he’s inclined to give it to her
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">James tells her to get out before anyone can trace it back to him
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She travels to the LUS, where the brand continues to burn but freezes in time
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Snow and David are intercepted by Chillingworth, who is masked
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth attacks them, and the brand on him burns.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He calls David James, and David explains that he’s not James
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina saves them in the nick of time
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth smiles cruelly. He’d wanted to kill Charming (thinking he was James), but Regina is a different story
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He unmasks himself and uses dark magic to transfer the brand to Regina and telling her how it works before poofing away
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The brand says E for evil.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Snow tells Regina to spill her blood as she’s wronged her the most
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina refuses, saying that she won’t do that to her
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Now Regina must make a choice before the brand kills her – will she undo her redemption to save herself, or will she let herself to die
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the past, Hester encounters Hyde, who is aware of the Raven Painting
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Hyde reveals himself to be the Shadow Raven, and tells Hester to finish collecting the pieces, or he’ll unpause her story
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tilly and Margot find out from Rogers (David filed a police report) that Chillingworth tried to kill David
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They begin wondering if Chillingworth is behind the strange things going on
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Romeo continues his search for Julian
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He meets Sabine when buying food at Rollin’ Bayou
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Sabine doesn’t know Julian, but she does know someone who can help: Gideon Gold, who owns the Gold pawnshop and can help him find magic
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">After leaving, he encounters Chillingworth
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth knows of their story and offers him a deal.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He’ll serve the Shadow Raven and spy on the heroes no matter what it takes to get into their good graces, and Chillingworth will reunite them
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">With both the pendant and Chillingworth’s offer available, Romeo accepts hesitantly.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina meets with the gang (Rogers, Sabine, Tilly, and Margot), all of whom have different things to add to the table.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tilly and Margot connect Hester and Chillingworth and the files; Rogers talks about what David told him about Chillingworth; Sabine adds Julian and his boyfriend to the mix. Regina adds in the Reckoning…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">And they’re close to figuring things out, but one thing is still missing.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth is in his base, and Julian watches as Chillingworth adds another piece to the almost-finished Raven Painting. He looks inside it and sees the Shadow Raven look back.