Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20160816033412/@comment-24674051-20160816172827

CoolDudeAl wrote: Lady Junky wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: I'd like to clarify, he is saying that they are not considering any of them canon for simplicity. It doesn't mean we can't personally accept certain things as canon, especially since quite a few of them explain small plot holes. Anyway, this should make our deleted scene page easier to do, since they are all "not canon" now. What we do personally with these scenes is called "headcanon" and is our personnal canon of OUAT. But on the wiki, we have to follow the real canon in which deleted scenes are not canon ^^ Right, we can't consider them canon for the wiki. My point is that not only can we consider them headcanon for ourselves, but certain scenes answer questions that otherwise leave plot holes. Like Regina seeing Ingrid for the first time, for example, and questioning her, but then thinking she must have just forgotten about her. That seems to be the canon explaination. I get we can't consider it canon in the wiki anymore, but when discussing things, I still feel the deleted scenes have things that could be canon, if that makes sense. The only problem is that, even if the deleted scenes fill certain perceived (or real) plot holes, the plot holes still exist in canon, and are subject to being filled differently in the future, should A&E decide to go back and fill them in.

Also, truth be told, most of the deleted scenes don't really provide that much in the way of useful information. The few that do fill in some gaps actually have thier information inserted later. For instance, the information from the deleted scene where Gold goes to get the ashes from the urn is actually used later in the season in "Smash the Mirror" when Gold uses the ashes, and explains about the nature of magical objects. What gets lost, unfortunately, is some of the character building and relationship building. Things like Gold and Henry in S4, or Neal and Henry in S2 (when they were on the Jolly Roger between NYC and SB), or Belle and the Charmings the first time Belle babysat for them.

Humorously, I just rewatched that scene, and in it, David jokingly mentions to Belle that maybe Neal will have a playmate, inferring that Gold and Belle will have a child. and 2 seasons (and around 4-5 months) later, Belle is indeed pregnant with a potential playmate for Neal.