Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4453062-20161003205759/@comment-25926288-20161004214734

CoolDudeAl wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: Only issue that i have with sticking it in a seperated 19th Century France world is Regina's presence, and the later appearance of Edmund at the destroyed village. While they could contrive a story to explain it, the simple explanation is that Edmund's country is in the same general vicinity as the rest of the EF. Maybe it's up closer to Arendelle (don't get mad at me for bringing it up. like it or not, it is part of the FTL universe on Once), and Arendelle is clearly a different time period from the more rustic Mysthaven/EF setting. Just as I'm sure Agrabah will be just a bit different, and yet it is also a part of the FTL setting.

Point being, just because it represents a different era/setting does not mean that it can't still be part of the FTL world. And to an extent that mirrors the real world as well. Just like the native americans were much more primative (or natural depending on how you look at it) than Europe in the 1700's, or how the USA is much more advanced than much of Africa today. Kudos for not simply labelling peple as primitive or more advanced. History is complex as is the definition of advanced. The Indus Valley civilization had indoor plumbing in the BCs while the Europeans of the 1400s were practically....well, I'm sure we get the point.

As was said and even I noted previously, Regina has Jefferson's hat at this point and time as well as the Magic Mirror, so she can find anyone anywhere (except the LWM). Given that there is an absence of magic, I'll call it Regency (or Georgian) Earth (Aka the period of Earth before Victorian Earth that Alice is from, which is before Edwardian Earth which Dorothy is essentially from).

Rumple knowing French could just be his own little thing, but it could hint at it being in FTL, especially with Edmond not questioning a thing, but who knows, but the writers?!