Oh canon mates can be very important! It can also matter when those canon mates are in canon. I remember I was tempted to app Iroh after a canon rewatch but decided not to as the Zuko in bar had already gone through canon and Iroh couldn't know he turned out okay before the end. It would devalue his loyalty. (I hope that sentence made sense.) I had played with the idea of a post-canon Iroh and maybe someday I will.

I just started watching Once Upon A Time purely from a clip I had seen of Rumplstilskin and I am hooked. Can't say I see any head voices yet though.