Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141027013232/@comment-24674051-20141030150425

Andrew.scott.503 wrote:

There is no evidence that Lily is anything more then a troubled teen in the LWM. I know that the reference to Harry Potter was made and she had (maybe by magic marker) a star on her wrist and she claimed to be an orphan and adopted. But for every orphan and runaway to be secret royalty and\or magic user is, well, too much a fairytale.... ;) You're right, there is no evidence that Lily is anything more than a troubled teen, a one-shot character.

But, the initial casting call for this role, as I recall, was for it to be a recurring role. Now whether that is just one more flashback sequence, or the role is recurring and this was the YOUNG version of Lily, who knows. I just don't think we've seen the last of Lily. And the writers focused too much on the star scar for it to just be "coincidence" or a red herring.

As for being too much of a fairytale... Isn't Emma meeting up with Neal along the same lines. Or most of the rest of Emma's life, for that matter. Emma lives a charmed (or cursed, depending on your pov) life, and as strong as her magic appears to be, she is likely to be a magnet for any magical person that is around, whether anyone is aware or not.

And let's face "reality". this IS a fairy tale. :-D