Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-11464223-20140331174637/@comment-1916997-20140402221004

Stonicus wrote: Arctucrus wrote: Stonicus wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: At this point Walsh being the Wizard is looking more likely Walsh is just a flying monkey... the same one who attacked Regina in the EF. I see zero evidence to think he might be the wizard. >We've seen people get turned into flying monkeys

>We know the wizard appears in flashback

>Logical conclusion is he could easily have become a flying monkey after being the wizard. This may be pedantic, but we've seen one person, not people, turn into a monkey.


 * edit* - I meant Little John being converted to one... technically, Walsh did transform into one, but we don't know which of the two forms (Monkey/Walsh) is the original.

Wizard is in a flashback... what's that got to do with Walsh? We've seen like 7 minutes screen time total of Walsh, and not one thing had anything to do with the classic story of the Wizard.

Yes, it is logical that the Wizard *could* be turned into a flying monkey. It's also logical any living person in the universe could be turned into a flying monkey. I see no more evidence that Walsh is the Wizard than I do that Belle is the wizard.

I think you don't understand why I think Walsh is looking more likely to be the Wizard. I'll break it down for you: the press release lists who is appearing in this episode (or most people, there have been exceptions), the main cast (Snow, Emma, Regina, Charming, Belle, Hook, Neal, Henry, and Rumple) is always listed whether they appear or not, but we know the only one of them who had any chance of being the Wizard was Rumple and based on the way the plot summary is written, it seems to imply it is not him. So we have to look to the guest stars in the episode: Blue Fairy, Granny, Zelena, Doc, Sneezy, Walsh, Robin Hood, Tinkerbell, Woodsman, and Wife. Zelena obviously can't be the Wizard as she is already WWW in Oz; Blue, Granny, Doc, Sneezy, Robin, and Tink all don't make sense as the Wizard and are probably only appearing in the SB part of the episode anyway. Woodsman and Wife are probably minor Oz or SB characters, so it is unlikely they are the Wizard. That leaves Walsh. Walsh turned back into a monkey, so him being a human in modern day SB is unlikely as Emma would recognize him and he's much more useful to Zelena in his monkey form anyway. So why would Walsh be appearing in human form in this episode? Probably because he's a human in Oz during the flashback. And which character is confirmed to appear in the flashback that we haven't seen yet? The Wizard. So by process of elimination, Walsh is the Wizard of Oz. Presumably in the flashback we will see Zelena curse him or something, but the cost of that magic will likely turn her green. Because (say it with me now): All magic comes at a price.