Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20160929050506/@comment-1916997-20161008032454

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: I would agree that making David be the half-brother of Zelena would really skew things, not to mention that that would legitimately make Zelena Henry's Aunt (well, technically great-aunt) by blood rather than just adoption. (and we just THOUGHT that Henry's family tree was messed up already), plus provide a direct blood relationship between Emma and Zelena. I think keeping Zelena as the half-sister of Regina is good enough.

Also, David as the son of Jonathan is not a biblical reference (or at least a totally incorrect one, if that is what is intended) but I will not go into that here.

Now, back to the topic of the episode... Morpheus possibly coming back opens up the possibility that Belle and Rumple's baby is targeted to be a changeling, and it is up to Belle and Rumple to prevent that from happening, forcing them to have to work together. We were told that Belle and Rumple are  in a bad place relationship wise (which is true, they've been there for a while, it's just finally playing out), and that there were going to be obstacles to overcome if the relationship was ever to be salvaged. and while I think that it is time to sink that ship, I have a feeling the writers may think differently, and this may be an episode to explore Rumple and Belle finding a way to work through thier differences for a common goal. David and Jonathan loving each other and being family would be a Biblical reference. In the Bible, they're brothers-in-law, and it's repeatedly stated that David feels a love for Jonathan stronger than even the love for his wife (Jonathan's sister). So scholars believe they were lovers.

But since Charming is obviously straight, making Jonathan David's father and turning that love from romantic to familial would be a pretty cool way to do it. A typical Once twist. After all, what is the Bible if not a collection of stories? Whether you believe in them or not, they are very very similar to fairy tales in that they are cautionary tales. As well as a historical record of sorts.

Anyways, that's just a little crackpot theory I've had since the episode with Charming and Anna. (Back in season 3, they'd hinted that Zelena would be related to someone else besides Regina, Cora met Jonathan at a bar, he was a gardener, Charming's father was a farmer, and he died after visiting a bar. And we all know Cora plays the long game when it comes to revenge, waiting approximately 17 years to kill Eva when Snow was 7, and Charming's father died the year before when he was 6... It all kind of adds up.) I get where your coming from, but even if it winds up that Jonathan is Charming's father, I don't think it will be because of the possible biblical reference. Another thing to point out is that Jonathan didn't care that Cora was having his baby, and Charming's father was very upset that he gave up one of his sons to save his farm. I don't know, it just doesn't fit for me. But like you said, it is just a theory you have, and who knows, you could still be partially right and Charming's father or Zelena's father could still connect one of them to someone else, as we don't know enough about either of them at present.