Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-60.230.206.72-20130310032548/@comment-25701646-20151018165510

60.230.206.72 wrote: I watched the movie Mulan last night, and I couldn't help but notice that Shan Yu (the villain with the creepy eyes) sword looked very similar to Rumplestiltskin's dagger. So maybe since they introduced Mulan into the show, perhaps Shan Yu was the original Dark One?

This is just a theory, I don't actually expect this to happen, so don't criticize me. Wow, that's actually really cool and definitely possible! I mean, if the dagger and Excalibur are the same, why not add Shan Yu's sword? A lot of fairy tales have magic/powerful swords. It could be like how Regina's made the villain for a lot of the fairy tales in OUAT (Evil Queen in Snow White, Sea-witch in Little Mermaid, takes place of evil step-mother in Hansel and Gretel, etc.). It would bind a lot of the storylines together and eliminate the need for every single story-line to revolve around a different magic/special sword.