We now know that the Queen of Hearts and the Evil Queen didn’t get along too well, but I noticed something interesting about their warriors, many of the covered their faces. Here are some of the Queen of Hearts warriors:
and here are some of the Evil Queen’s warriors from “Hat Trick”:
Where they conjured? Was it a way that the Evil Queen could “Thumb her nose” at the Queen of Hearts? What do you think?
From the wilderness wallpaper at Granny’s Diner, Mushrooms in Archie’s office, and much more there are many hints to remind you where the cursed inhabitants came from, but we see more in the “HAt Trick” episode:
See the branches arranged along the left wall?
See the tree filled wallpaper?
See the vine-like design in this wallpaper?
See the silver tree like rack in the back corner next to the guitar?
See the grass-like shag carpet? See the flower printed drapes? Almost the entire decor has clue after clue of Fairy Tale Land. With all the reminders and his heart breaking for his child, no wonder the Hatter went mad trying to get back.
Did you notice any other clues to FTL?
Any fans of the Disney version of Snow White recall her drinking the potion to transform into the “Old Hag”:
and now we see Regina the Evil Queen appear as a not too attractive woman selling children’s toys in “Hat Trick”:
then we see her talk to the Genie, now trapped in the Magic Mirror:
she quickly transforms back to the beautiful Evil Queen:
then back to the not too attractive saleswoman:
We saw a very cool cameo by the Who frontman, Roger Daultry as the Caterpiller.
The theme of ‘Who are you?’ is central to Once Upon a Time.
Who are you, as far as what you believe about yourself. What you think you are capable of?
Emma constantly has people calling her a savior, but when will she believe it?
Henry tells her that she is Brave, etc, when will she take it to heart?
Mr. Gold told her that she is stronger than she thinks she is. When will she believe that?
When will more people learn more about who they really are (not just in Storybrooke, ‘As long as they can remember,’) in Henry’s book and take their place as warriors in the two sides of the battle that will be taking place to break the curse and defeat the other side?
Knowing;
Who you are, and
What you are destined to be – is very powerful. Today is today, but the struggles today can lead to seeing how much you can overcome tomorrow.
So, Who are you?
At Jefferson’s (or whatever his name was in FTL) house in Fairy Tale Land, we see balls of yarn, and a loom in the background:
We also see that someone was/is a knitter/dollmaker:
