Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20150626172312/@comment-26443838-20151012135407

On the contrary. As far as the show went, only villains diguise themselves as the good people we knew. Cora disguised herself as Lancelot, Zelena diguised herself as Ariel, Regina disguised herself as a fisherman from the docks, and Pan's shadow disguised itself as Belle. Merlin seems incapable of doing a thing like that. And besides the wizard seems to be an honest chap when he was talking to Kid Emma, giving her a warning.