Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20150218173447/@comment-1867880-20150420080610

CoolDudeAl wrote: Rena Charming wrote: Well, there's no reason why Ella should even know Ana became a queen. What surprises me is that Ashley is fine being a maid or waitress and working at Granny's when she used to be a princess. Like, why is everyone in Storybrooke perfectly content with their lives, even those who used to be royals? Eric is a fishmonger, for Christ's sake. I'd hate it if my life got turned around like that. This is actually a really good point. While it makes sense that everyone was content (or discontent, if Regina's curse truly worked) when they were under the curse in season 1, once they had their original memories back in season 2, wouldn't the royals want to be royals again? I mean a King got turned into a DA, and he's just okay with it. People who lived in giant palaces now live in modest suburban homes, and they are just okay with it. Sure the peasants lives sugnificatly improved, and I'm sure everyone apprecates modern convinences like flush toilets and instant coffee, but for the royals, living in StoryBrooke is still a downgrade to their life in the Enchanted Forest.

I'd like to add that King George still had a position of power as DA. His fate wasn't that different from Regina's, in how his Storybrooke identity changed from his Enchanted Forest one.