Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26116863-20161128202211/@comment-25926288-20161128203600

1. She has villains dilemma and she relives her greatest regret: losing a child by causing the same to others. She probably use babies as bartering chips and spells.

2. She choose power over love bcause that's what Blue teaches them. She clearly offered Nova to either be a magical, fairy godmother over love. Blue might love True Love, just to reap the benefits and nothing more.

3. She didn't name him for the very reason Rumple said: To not get attached. She likely had the baby, thought over it, and then dropped him off. Malcom named him and it always seemed to be the case in Think Lovely Thoughts. I think he might have been drunk.

4. Malcolm is Rumple's father. No reason to setup an unnecessary twist.

5. Malcolm was sold to pretty much do forced labor as an apprentice to a blacksmith. He dreamed of freedom from all his worries in Neverland. Fairies get their pixie dust from Neverland (as that's the only land we've seen pixie dust in). So, there's a chance they met once upon a dream. They both likely had a chnce to be free together, but TBF was persuaded to stay a fairy and Malcolm was resentful and pretty much struggling though the basics of life with a reminder of what he could have had (a childhood being free, a loving relationship, general happiness).

I think Malcolm actually had love for his son, but he had some nagging thoughts of depression and overall apathy. He made the decision to give his son a better home because he knew he wasn't a good person to be around. (Although Once tries to tell us that a terrible father is better than no father which is complete garbage). I think over time as Peter Pan (which shows he has care for his son) eventually he grew more self absorbed and sort of projected all his problems on Rumple and grew to resent him and his heart grew dark.