Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25268210-20140723153438/@comment-4839682-20140731021428

Andrew.scott.503 wrote:

In season 1, she was the first minor character NOT based on a fairytale (with the strong One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest references, aka Nurse Ratchet in the Psych ward). Then there was the misdirection of Nurse Severe with a false Wonderland connection\Queen of Hearts when Regina gave her a red rose commenting on Nurse Severe's fondness of roses. That's how you saw that? I didn't. I saw it as foreshadowing of Belle, which I think is what it was intended to be. I think people love to read into things, especially with this show. Sometimes we're right, sometimes wrong, and sometimes we're grasping at straws.

It's kind of a stretch to me to call her a "minor character", as I don't think she's on that level, really. XD She's barely more than an extra, in my mind, but I do love watching others speculate about her.