Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25355646-20140917214852/@comment-25926288-20150129224100

Andrew.scott.503 wrote: The tech level seems all wrong for Rumples and Killian to be from the same kingdom (or the same time period anyways). Before Rumples became the dark one, The tech level was all swords, armor and knights (and magic of course) - 9th to 12th century feel. In the episode, Good Form, it felt more Late Renaissance (16th-17th century) where you had cannon and flintlocks clipper ships (and magic). Of course being OUAT. Worlds with magic are not going to (I suspect) develop tech as fast as LWM.

Hmmm, I wonder if the denizens of Storybrooke ever make it back to FTW, would they contain all their knowledge of 1980's (which is where Storybrooke is sorta stuck at for the most part) tech (Sure, they won't be able to build a power plant, but you do see some working on power lines and fixing cars etc, medicine etc.)? Having semi-automatic weapons and vehicles (even if it's just Mad Max type) is going to be rather effective against swords, bows & arrows, cannon and flintlocks and most of the normal army units that FTL could muster. Well, Rumple and Hook are from the same time period. My theory is that the entire Enchanted Forest may have been a single kingdom, or partially unified. Rumple lived under a duke of the Frontlands and Killian was in the navy, likely northern and could be fighting a neighbor, the Northern Kingdom, or even Arendelle and friends.

I think it makes some since to have uneven levels of technology, but maybe because of wars and other things stunted the growth in the Enchanted Forest. Hook's kingdom looks almost on par with Arendelee's level of tech