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AlysCait wrote: I have a pet theory that he's a potential saviour. He was born of true love, even though Rumple and Belle are no longer together. He has a darkness to fight against- The Dark Fairy. There's no prophecy about him that we know of yet, but there may be one. Perhaps the reason that The Dark Fairy wanted him in the first place was because of the prophecy...

But it could just be a thing about fairies stealing children. Because that's kind of what they do! Maybe not in OUAT but in a lot of fairytales. Changelings are known to return to their birth parents to wreak havoc in their lives, so that would be an interesting direction to take it in. I really like that theory. It makes sense and could also be why they've been focusing heavily on the background of the saviors. Who knows? The creators could even decide to have him be the Savior speciafically for the Dark Realm, to recue everybody from the Dark Fairy's reign. What if he found out he was a savior and then teams up with Emma to fight against the Black Fairy? When Emma is stabbed by the Black Fairy, Gideon comes to her rescue and kills the Black Fairy. Then using some of his magic, he is able to heal Emma from the stab wound, thus saving her, and in turn saving his people back in the Dark Realm, since the Black Fairy would be dead.