Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.10.90.149-20130514155456/@comment-67.130.166.175-20130517034113

I.still.believe wrote: this is a very interesting point! it sounds like somthing the DO would do without thinking too much into consequences.

1) in the orignal stories Rumple also steals children, this series ddint focus on that side of the legend but its a unifying factor in both stories. i still think  the shadow needs the chosen beings body or perhas shadow to leave NL, which is why the lost boys also cant (thier master cannot leave, why should they be able to?).

I'll have to read into more original Rumple legends. I'm not familiar with that particular plot point (has the show linked Rumple to the Pied Piper?), unless you are talking about the bargain Rumplestiltskin made with the miller's daughter for her first born child? In which case, I don't think there's much in common with Rumple and Pan. Pan takes pre-teen boys/kids (11-12 -ish) and there's nothing about him wanting first-borns (or else he'd have been happy with Wendy, right?).

I.still.believe wrote: 2) ill make a bet though that Henry is immune to whatever power this Shadow is significant for (i.e ripping peoples shadows from them)

Interesting theory; goes with the other comment about Henry being the 'Light One'. A direct opposite to the DO - makes a nice balance.

I.still.believe wrote: 3) it escapes my memory but has it been revieled how Hook and Bae did manage to leave NL?

Sadly, it hasn't been discussed yet. We don't know how they leave NL, but my personal theory is that Hook comes back from Bae, saves him and together they 'steal' what ever allows PeterPan/the Shadow to leave (i.e. pixie dust?).