Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34475405-20180415085601/@comment-1826156-20180502060512

Lady Rapunzel wrote: Saintfighteraqua wrote: I agree she was probably switched out for the other actress once they saw that the show was taking off better than anticipated.

It used to bug me, but now I just accept her as canon without thinking about her too much. They could have retconned her as one of the Graeae or one of the Fates. It's that one sentence naming her Miss Ginger that really makes me think she was originally going to be the Blind Witch. That had to be the most obvious name of all the cursed names. (Though I didn't know it was the same actress until later.) Maybe she was created when the True North Blind Witch was killed to create a balance? Or since Hilda was a Blind Witch in Oz, maybe she was  a Blind Witch from another realm. Nah, she's from the EF. She appears during Regina's first attempt to cast the curse in Episode 102, before crushing her father's heart. I think so too, but Hilda was a realm travelling Blind Witch, or at least that's the theory since a lot of people think she was from Arendelle (I'm not convinced she was just because she mentioned it, but it has merit due to her name). She probably at least visited Arendelle. I'm pretty sure Oz it's a different realm/world. (oddly enough it wasn't on Henry's chart and he seemed confused on it as to who his Aunt would be even if he wrote about Zelena in his book). I don't think we'll ever hear more about this particular Blind Witch. If I had to give her any real backstory, I'd say Regina needed a witch to help her cast the curse, she'd already made enemies and burned one blind witch so she chose this one. Miss Ginger almost certainly was going to be that Blind Witch. Has anyone ever asked the writers about her? I'm curious if they even remember by now. ​​​