Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5821891-20140314052853/@comment-908565-20140322190728

Prince of Rascia wrote: After watching the episode earlier today I got the impression that maybe Red King and Cora are not ruling different realms. Maybe they are both ruling Wonderland but they have different kind of power. Red King's power is probably political while Cora is something like a clerical power (since she has magic) - similar to medieval times when you had both the Church and nobility ruling over ordinary people. What I want to say is that perhaps Cora's title of "Queen" of Hearts is more like honorary title (even though she probably has more actual power than Red King who is rightful ruler of Wonderland). I don't think so, because she was referred to as "Your Majesty" and the Red King's problem with her was that she's a royal with magic, in other words she has both political and magical power and he doesn't believe those should mix. I'm pretty sure they were ruling adjacent kingdoms, though they could be more like principalities.