Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24323512-20131226023625

Just rewatched the episode "the docter" and jeffereson mentions that he couldn't get slippers that could transport between realms including one without magic. Only slippers i can think of is the ruby slippers. This means Rumple knew about Oz beforehand which probably means he will have connectons to the Wicked Witch. Maybe her teacher. In a previous episode when Regina got her mothers book from Rumple she said she didn't care if it turned her green. This could mean there is a chance this could happen which might explain The Witch's skin color.

And since they brought up the fact that these slippers can take you to a land without magic in particular  it leads me to think that is where Dorothy is from.

Also in this episode Regina calls Whale the wizard several times before he corrects her. Could this mean that Whale is potentially the Wizard? Who knows.  