Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20180327110306/@comment-25926288-20180730025742

RedCoatOfficial wrote: Eskaver wrote: Seraphina....who popped out of nowhere. If you think about it too hard, you will realize that they didn’t plan out Seraphina before that episode because she’s the same age (despite not being a nymph) and Gothel has been working alone for every single episode. Also, this. If Seraphina was Gothel's accomplice the whole time then where was she? Gothel was locked in a tower for years yet Seraphina couldn't have tried to rescue her? Or any of the Coven for the matter, but it doesn't seem like the full Coven was recruited until after this so I will let that slide. Gothel is a mystery as there was a narrative shift and some deleted scenes and it looks very jumbled up and likely would have been anyway.

Note: Assume the writers didnt plan Seraphina and Gothel’s backstory for most of the season.

Gothel has been looking for the Guardian to either add her to the Coven (10, 19) or take her power (15). Why? Coven, maybe...but it doesn’t appear to have been anything before the Tower.

Timeline goes:

Gothel and Seraphina travel to NFTL.

Thousands of Years

Gothel begins search for the Guardian

Gothel tests Rapunzel; gets trapped in Tower; freed shortly after

Gothel starts recruiting for the Coven; First, Seraphina (who somehow hasn’t aged); Next, The Doctor and the Baker.....

Gothel hosts a competition for two spots left, only letting one; Drizella join.

Using Gothel or someone else’s vague foresight, Drizella issues a prophecy before being stoned.

Gothel tried to get Leota into her Coven. (This is how the two spots left must be true, unless Gothel stuck to prophecy and lost members over the years.)

8 years later...

Gothel invited Zelena, later on...for some reason. Eight Witch candidates?

Gothel has her Fav5, frees Drizella, making 7 and then exploits and coerces Regina.

Oh well, stuff.