Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6302057-20141203042730/@comment-24674051-20141228052315

First, agreed that we don't know anything about Mida's whereabouts. Storybrooke is a lot bigger than what we see, and it would be (in my opinion) very easy for people to come over and not be seen. For Instance, We had not seen Bo Peep in either curse up to 4x2, but come to find out that she's been there all along as the butcher. So Midas hiding would not be a big deal.

Second, since we have not seen Midas in any capacity except flashbacks, I do consider it a reasonable possibility that he died or was killed prior to the curse. Possibly by King George (He's my pick for possible villian to do this, and has a motive to want to). I mean, seriously, we've seen Abigail in storybrooke, and I would wager that the actor that portrays Midas (Alex Zahara) was quite available to do scenes in the present day, at least for the epiosodes where he appeared (including Snow Drifts)  and the writers chose not to use him. This is not conclusive evidence mind you, but maybe enough to warrant a question directed to A&E for confirmation or denial.