Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9526698-20150929225844

Here's my list of possible previous authors in the Land Without Magic, based upon the stories that have so far been featured on the show:

1. Sir Thomas Malory ("King Arthur")

2. Charles Perrault ("Cinderella")

3. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm ("Snow White", "Rumplestiltskin", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Hansel and Gretel", "Rapunzel")

4. Mary Shelley ("Frankenstein")

5. Hans Christian Andersen ("The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen")

6. Lewis Carroll ("Alice in Wonderland")

7. Carlo Collodi ("Pinnochio")

8. L. Frank Baum ("The Wizard of Oz")

9. Sir J.M. Barrie ("Peter Pan")

10. Dodie Smith ("101 Dalmatians")

And, of course, Walt Disney.

So that's my list. How do you like it?

Two things to consider:

1. Since most of the stories featured on OUAT seemed to have happened around 30 years ago, how is it that Merlin and the Apprentice recruited these Authors to record the stories years (or even centuries) before they actually happened? And how is it that the Authors keep getting the details wrong, so that it's only Isaac (who's actually around when these events happen) who finally gets them right?

2. Who other, real-life authors do you think might have been Authors in the OUAT universe? I'd love to hear your theories on this. (My own personal list is William Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien.) 