Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25355646-20150121180814

Personally, I think he should be somewhere between hero and villain.

I think it would be cool if The Author was originally a Greek god but was cast out of Mount Olympus by the other gods for some reason. What if the Author was the father of Athena and Hephaestus (even though it doesn’t match up with Greek Mythology). The gods say that in ancient times they bestowed the gift of magic to mortals so they (mortals) can dream to be like the gods because magic is like a minimum form of the gods’ power. But Zeus asks the Author (or whatever his original name is as a god) to create an object that can consume and hold magic because the gods see the act of giving magic to mortals as a mistake. So, the Author creates the powerful hat by sucking all the magic from Earth, giving it the nickname Land Without Magic. The Author teaches Hephaestus how to make Pandora’s Box and when Hephaestus accidently opens it and releases a lot of demons, monsters, etc., the Author takes the blame for it and is kicked out of Olympus. Before he leaves, Zeus gives him the job of controlling the mortals’ (within FTL) lives, deaths, and fates; but not their faith. Zeus then gives him a powerful feather from his eagle form that the Author uses to write the storybook. He was also allowed to keep his immortality.

 In one of the last episodes of season 4, Emma, Hook, David, Belle, Henry, MM, Will, Regina, Rumple, and the QoD find the Author in his house and he is mysterious and kind. In his house there is a giant version of the storybook that that the Author originally wrote in that defines the fates of those born in FTL. Next to the book is a magical white shimmering quill called the Quill of Fate. The Author represents the god of FTL and giant book represents the Tree of Knowledge and the quill is like the forbidden fruit. The Author warns the others not to mess with the quill but they can read the book. Of course Rumple is tempted to take the quill and rewrite his story and when he takes it, the Author immediately finds out and starts to destroy his house (kinda like in the end of ‘The Last Crusade’). The Author demands Rumple to give the quill back but the QoD try to attack the Author but he easily transforms them into small miniature statues on his shelf. The Author then magically holds Belle hostage and once again demands the quill and as it appear Rumple is about to hand it over, he magically burns it instead, outraging the Author. Rumple uses this opportunity to grab Belle and tells the Author before they teleport away: “You may be immortal, but you no longer control our fates.” This would be cool because by making the choice of destroying the quill and taking the Author’s ability away to control fates, he chooses Belle and love over power.

After Rumple and Belle are gone, the Author stops the destruction of his house. Later, we see Rumple reenter the remains of the house and we wonder if he hasn’t changed at all when it looks like he is trying to retrieve the miniatures of the QoD, but he sees that their missing, and the Author is behind him holding the miniatures.

The Author: “Looking for these?” Rumple turns around to face him.

Rumple: “You know I am. They wanted the same as me, to not be tangled in your strings anymore.” Hearing this, the Author crushes the miniatures in his hand.

The Author: “You are all ungrateful. I meant to guide you all to a better place. But, you chose to take fate into your own hands.” Rumple remains silent.

The Author: “You think stopping my power of the book will matter?! I had lived countless lifetimes before your kind were born.” Some more dialogue. Rumple soon leaves.

In a later scene, the Author enters another room and pulls a small black genie’s bottle off of a shelf and blows some dust off it. He then takes the cork out of the bottle’s top and Jafar comes out.

Jafar: “What the-, Master Mine, my will is thine. Tell me your wishes three.”

The Author: “Hello there Jafar. I must be your first master, but don’t worry. I have no plans to keep you in the bottle.’ Jafar looks both intrigued and confused. “You see Jafar, a war will be starting soon, and I have a feeling you can be of great use to me. You prove to be so, and I free you of your imprisonment.”

Jafar: “Who will be fought in this war, exactly?”

The Author: “Everyone.”

  