Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4780272-20130326031852/@comment-5259869-20130327211222

SpiritedAway wrote: But why would the producers want to get rid of him ? In my opinion, it would have been more interesting for the storyline to keep him as a man instead of a little boy. Moreover it creates a big inconsistency, I mean, would anybody in real life, be happy that a man gets turned into a boy and loses all of his memories ? Anyway what is done is done, but still, what a shame... I totally agree with you. I am going to publish a fanfiction on fanfiction.net in the next couple of days where I address that exact issue: why would he be happier as a boy than as a man. I think that this is erasing who he is. Pinnocchio is someone who made mistakes and shows us that they can be fixed, not erased.

If it is a problem with Eion Bailey's schedule, I understand. But the show becomes inconsistent. It seems to me that this is a pattern with him: he plays a big role in a show and than he takes off. I really liked August and I beleive that it would have been more interesting to keep him as an adult. It made the show very original. ON the other hand, this allowed for Tamara to remain concealed for a while. Maybe he will become an adult again at some point (I know that I'm being delusional, no need to point it out - although Rumple told William Smee that he could make him older using magic) and tell what really happened.

Anyway, I'm very disappointed with many things happening on the show at the moment and August's story is only one of them.