Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5235494-20160319011209/@comment-5235494-20160406213142

The Muffin Man of Drury Lane (a famous confectioner in the Enchanted Forest in the service of royalty and the abusive father of the Blind Witch from "Hansel and Gretel", who is responsible for blinding her, which enforced her to start practicing magic in an attempt to restore her eyesight. When he found out that she was practicing magic, he threatened to have the village burn her as a witch, forcing her into the Enchanted Forest. There, she crafted a gingerbread house to live in, and in seclusion, she decided to start eating children) - A bit random This is probably true, however I would love for the Blind Witch's story to be seen since she's the only witch on the show (that we know of) that eats children, and I want to know what the reason behind that is, and what the connection with The Blind Witch from "The Thing You Love Most" is (whose Storybrooke counterpart is named Miss Ginger, which can't just be a coincidence). I think that the Muffin Man as her father would make sense for as to how and why she lives in a gingerbread house, and would explain where she got her confectionary skills from (even though, yeah, it could be explained as *poof! magic!*, but I like to think she made it all from scratch and enchanted it all to wake her up if a child so much as took one bite). But hear me out: if the Muffin Man was her abusive father and the reason she is both blind and ran away from home to live in seclusion in the Enchanted Forest, that would give her perfect motive to steal the Evil Queen's poisoned apple because she sought to use it on her father to get her own revenge (and possibly also avenge the other blind witch whose eyes were *sewn* shut by the sadistic Muffin Man! It sounds a bit silly, but this is also the same show that has an evil dictatorial Bo Peep!