Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.33.69.118-20130318051758/@comment-84.86.147.190-20130318225727

Yes. I share the view with you that Tamara has to be connected somehow to Greg and that she is "Her".

Might as well share my thoughts here on this subject.

I still think (and hope) that Greg is the Wizard of Oz. According to his licence plate he "took flight", so perhaps it's a reference to the hot-air balloon with which he crashed?

I also recall one moment that Rumpelstiltskin, Jefferson and Dr. Frankenstein are walking through the forest. They would be the Lion who needs courage because he's a coward (Rumpel), the Scarecrow because he needed a brain (Mad Hatter/Jefferson) and Tin Man because he needed a heart (Dr. Frankenstein?). It could be a hint that they're going to use the story in the series. And from 2x17, Greg can already be seen studying/recording Regina how she rips out hearts.

Back to the connection "Her":

Tamara would, in my opinion, fit in this story as The Wicked Witch of the West. She did indeed seem to have a strong interest in magic, so I wouldn't be surprised if she would (at least) be one of the four witches. Mind you, in Baum's version of the story, two of the four witches didn't have a name, until Gregory (!) Maguire's Wicked. Could explain why she appears as "Her". Now, to complete the story, all we need is Dorothy... Wait: Heidi?

This message became longer than I thought. Thanks for reading through it!

-Yours Truly