Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29973611-20160924155354

A number of stories wouldn't be instantaneously recognized, but would still be greatly desired. It seems like I took a little too much time putting thought into these, and this is just a brief summary, but that's what happens when you're a Oncer, I guess. :)

The Frog Prince (Actor: Michael Emerson, another Lost actor) Much like Rapunzel, although there is a Disney alternative, go with the original, bare story by the Brothers Grimm and make it new. For the following details consult this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince It seems like the obvious route to go to have Rumpel trick the Prince, which I have endearingly named Vernon, into signing something that turns him into a frog. What if this were significant because it was one of the first times Rumpel made a deal with someone. Better yet, assuming the Frontlands is a Realm of some sort, then Vernon would be from that Monarchy, tying him back to officiate in some way over the prior Dark One, Zoso. In the original story, some golden ball is involved in the spell. Would be interesting to see that in there. Essential to this would be the detail that in the original story, there is a character named Henry, logically, Prince Henry. What if Henry is Vernon's servant, and then there is a coup led against Vernon to turn him into a frog because they don't believe him to be of true lineage from the crown? The Archduke, therefore, believes himself to be the illegitimate heir to the throne, and convinces Henry to aid him in consulting the Dark One and getting Rumpel to make the deal. But, when Henry tries to back out and slay the Dark One, Rumpel putts the Iron bars around his. By the end, it is revealed that, though Henry has been nothing more a servant, he is the true heir, as Vernon's mother, a widow, married the king, brining in her fatherless son. The Princess that turns the Frog back into a human should probably be played by Carrie Preston.

Reynard: In medieval legend, Reynard is the trickster, the fox. What if he is Rumpel and Belle's son? Rumpel, after all is the Beast, and, though Reynard is born a human, when he becomes too crafty, he can be turned into a fox and fill the slot of the fox in all of the tales that involve the trickster fox. Reynard is also a German name, like Rumpelstiltskin. Intriguing tie, I would say.

Oberon: King of the Fairies. Up to now, all of the fairies we know of are female. Perhaps Oberon would best be suited as Blue's father. He could serve as a powerful source of light magic.

The Emperor: Would be interesting, just for kicks, to have the Emperor from the Emperor's New Clothes to simply be a nudist, mentioned, but never seen. Combined with the Emperor and the Golden Goose, who, in his gluttony for wealth, cut open the Golden Goose to find if there was more gold to be had inside. Perhaps his ancestors were the ones that stormed the Giants' kingdom, stealing magic beans and the incidentally massacring the Geese, but taking their golden eggs..

Tristan and Isolde?

Prince Charming’s true father?

King George’s backstory, The Dragon Slayer, allusion to legends of St. George.

More on Walsh as the Wizard of Oz, this interests me.

Phoenixes, coming back to life after their slaughter a thousand years ago?

Questing beast?

I would really like to see, like as a far of Realm on its own sort of continent, Cebola and its seven cities of Gold. To combine pre-colonial American legends, perhaps all of its inhabitants are immortal, made such by the Fountain of Youth that wells up at the Cities' center. To be sure that they are protected from outsiders, Cebola is guarded by the feathered Serpent, Que tzalcoatal.  