Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24386552-20140404194504/@comment-8345449-20140406094249

Raelizflo wrote: I liked the ending. I didn't want to read too much into details like what is Alice's daughter's name.



But I thought more about what is their timeline if the books havent been written yet (based on finale), yet WE know about the books/movie of Alice, yet they travelled to present/modern day Storybrooke (Ashley, grumpy in 1st ouatiw episode)... sort of contradicts a lot of past clues.. (such as when Neal tells Mulan a movie was made about her, and 1st season intro "Every story book character you've ever known) How could we know about Alice if her 'character' hasn't been written about, what year are they in?

aahh confusion!

I think the important thing is that all the stories started before Storybrooke. So someone could have written books about the characters (as they are already in existence) but added in the happy endings which have not yet occurred (e.g. Belle does not yet have her happy ending with the Beast nor does Rapunzel or Ariel).

Of course, if you think further on this, the tale of Snow White were published by the Grimm brothers in the 1890's (and it's based on even older folktales) but Snow White's story began only 20-30 years before Storybrooke, probably about 1950-1960's. So how did Snow White's story come to our world before she was even born?