Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20170901012801/@comment-2153169-20171114171827

Emillian Swanones wrote: What if the Witch/Mother Gothel is actually Rapunzel who trapped her daughter, Alice, in her prison, and is working with Drizella to get revenge on Lady Tremaine who trapped her in the first place. It would explain why Tremaine has all these connections to the Rapunzel story and why she has the Witch locked up. It also works with the theory of the Witch being the mastermind behind the curse. 

Actually; not really. It does not explain a lot of points like: All these points can be easily explained by "Tremaine = Rapunzel", but not by "Rapunzel = Witch".
 * If Tremaine only trapped the Witch in the first place, what is their past together? They know each other since a very long time.
 * What's the connection between Tremaine and Hook?
 * How Drizella would go to Rapunzel's tower among all places just to get magic? Why would she team up with the Witch?
 * If Rapunzel is the Witch, then who's the Witch who trapped Rapunzel in the first place?