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Eskaver wrote: Well, we got an answer.

It was the beating Heart of the first Titan glamoured as a cup. (I totally accept this oly because this super confirms greek myth in Once Universe and explains why Rumple seeming has powerful magic items on display because some of them are fake.)

https://twitter.com/JaneEspenson/status/664223179318038529 Actually, Robert Carlyle and Jane Epsenson on the DVD for that season did emphasized how the Holy Grail was THE HOLY GRAIL. That is why it was so significant for Rumple to replace such an important item to what he valued, the chipped cup in remembrance of Belle. People had to present so much evidence on twitter and Jane finally admitted that they didn't know they were going to do a storyline on the Holy Grail, basically, it was a retcon and another way they messed up their own continuity, lol.

"@JaneEspenson @mentem_mortalia @damagedhearts Carlyle emphasiezed in the Skin Deep audio commentary that it was indeed THE grail.

Jane Espenson Verified account ‏@JaneEspenson @bslytherinchick @mentem_mortalia @damagedhearts we didn't know then that we'd tell this story"

It is like pulling teeth to get the writers to admit their faults because basically it seems all they have to say to answer a question is "because magic" and people just eat it up. And this show really doesn't do foreshadow well when Adam and Eddy have admitted to making things up on the fly. That is why there are so many storylines not finished or characters are dropped with no explanation because they are on the next shiny toy to play with.