Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5679696-20170717000853/@comment-25926288-20170717004009

Cool theory!

I think the whole "new version" is probably perceived in an odd way. Most seem to put it as "versions of Cinderella", but I think it's probably not what Adam and Eddy are intending. I'll give two examples of what I think they are getting at:

A. Briar Rose and Aurora

They are versions of the concept/story of "Sleeping Beauty". So....

B. Jace and Ella

They are versions of the concept/story of "Cinderella". Then, Jace isn't some alternate Ella, or Dania isn't recasted to play Jessy's Cinderella, but they both share a similar conceptual background that anyone in the audience will see it as Cinderella.

The writers seem to hint that each book might have a version of these concepts/stories, but they are stories of different individuals who are not necessarily related.

So, I'd think:

Versions of Once's Rumple: Rumple (Mr. Gold, Book Rumple), Wish Realm Rumple....but

Versions of "Rumpelstilskin/Trickster/Devil/Imp": Rumple, Loki, Mephistopheles

Of course, those examples are just there for show, but I think that's more what they are doing. So, there could be a new guy called Rumpelstilskin, but there would be no beloved Belle and no Baelfire because they aren't the same person, but have the same concept/story basis.

Like, for instance, Spindleshanks was a dwarf that peddled in fairy dust. After stealing a wand, he starts making deal. Eventually he makes a deal with a miller/farmer/peasant's daughter, etc, etc. So, he'd be "Rumpelstilskin", but not Rumplestilkin (OUAT Seasons 1 to 6) or a alternate-reality version.