Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20151005010223/@comment-1894786-20151006185259

Hmcooper4 wrote: AFter rewatching the episode, the answer for some of this is in Regina and Zelena's conversation. Zelena is going on about the magic inhibiting cuff and threatening to spill the beans, and Regina silences her, and her comment is that No Ones knows who they are, and they want to keep it that way. At first, I thought this might have been just Regina protecting herself, but in thinking about the rest of the episode, i think that the entire group was planning on hiding their EF experience.

So, I am guessing that somewhere off screen, before the cyclone actually hit Granny's, they had actually discussed this and determined that it would be best to not disclose their previous EF identities, but to stick with their Storybrooke Personas. Even when Camelot comes to Storybrooke, David only mentions the part where Arthur is a legend in this realm. Not a lie, but not the whole truth, either, since David clearly knows all about Excalibur (as we saw in episode 3x2).

Of course, at the end of the episode, Regina's cover if blown, as she confesses that she had been the Evil Queen. At this point, why not come clean with the rest. Just like with them finally revealing that Emma is their daughter (after they have lost their memories). Something tells me that the half truths are going to come back to bite them later.

And off the subject, but a question that I just happened to think. Did Merida also come across? We haven't seen her in Storybrooke yet, but that doesn't mean that she's not there. (Doesn't mean she's there either). I don't know how to do spoiler bracket thingies on Wikia forums so don't read if you don't want spoilers, but...

Merida is in Storybrooke. There are candids of her going into Mr. Gold's shop after the door opens magically. Safe to say she was brought over just like everyone else, but no one knows if she has a bigger part in Camelot or not.