Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5679696-20170717000853

I'm still not a fan of the introduction of new versions of the stories we know. To me, the show has always been about how all these stories "really" happened, so seeing that they're not the one true version in the OUaTverse is weird. Does it mean that all stories and their adaptations exist in the OUaTverse? Anyway, here's a theory that I'd like to see.

"What's the harm of letting a not-real me out of a not-real prison into a not-real world, hmm?" asked fake Rumplestiltskin in the Wish Realm. I hope the answer to this question will come next season. We're talking about Rumplestiltskin. Once Regina freed him, can we really expect him to settle for his single reality when he has just learned there are actually multiple versions? He particularly acknowledged that there must be several versions of himself out there: "Well, dearie, on behalf of all Rumplestiltskins everywhere, I'm here to make good on my word."

Whether it be to find a living Baelfire or Belle in other versions of their story, to conquer all the realms, to absorb de power of other versions of the Dark One, or something else entirely, I think the only way Rumple would proceed after learning this information is to try and visit other versions of the story.

My theory is that Wish Realm Rumple could team up with one or two other Rumplestiltskins (perhaps one of them is even named Rumpelstiltskin) from other versions of the Enchanted Forest. 