Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-11464223-20140301020253/@comment-32390199-20140304133029

Prince Spindar wrote:

@MasteroftheHat neither there was any reason for Rumple & The crocodile to be one person but the writers pulled it of. But Rumple only isn't really the crocodile, he just is referred as such, similar to like he is the beast. He isn't neither but does represent them.

That is the same case with Cora. She is The Queen of Hearts, but that is just a title, because she is actually the farmer girl.

Blackbear and the Wizard however are completely individual characters who can't be the same. And it certainly will become hard for BB because he kinda (Pocahontas like) a real character in history.