‘Once Upon a Time’ promotional stills: 1×20 ‘The Stranger’

So if this episode is called The Stranger and it’s based on the storyline of Pinocchio wouldn’t that mean that August is Pinocchio? The small boy pictured has red hair though? Is this just bad casting? hmm…

I think it would be interesting if August turns out to be Rumple’s son. I really hope David doesn’t fall into Regina’s trap. 

The pictures with Gepetto and “real boy” Pinocchio are so sweet! Actually, Pinocchio reminds me a bit of Archie rather than August, but I don’t think there’s a connection there. 

And I honestly don’t believe that David will fall for it… unless Regina uses magic.

so my theory is that august is everyone the fandom thinks he is. he is the little boy who found emma, the author of the book AND pinocchio. gepetto built the wardrobe with the condition that his son pinocchio would be saved as well, explaining how he found emma (he came with her!). as for the author thing, august just wrote everything down that he remmebered from the fairytale world in hopes that emma would someday read it. since august said he has been to storybrooke before, it probably explains how mary margaret obtained the book in the first place