Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-5367821-20130209055547/@comment-4839682-20130618015359

Fluteline24 wrote:

While Storybrooke is indeed on Earth, there is NO WAY they are doing everything as they actually happen on Earth. How else would Regina, who is not only NOT a resident of Arizona, or the U.S., but a resident of this PLANET, be able to legally adopt Henry? She couldn't (and I still don't believe the adoption was legal and they can easily void Regina's custody of Henry). They do not exist on this Earth. Everything they have (driver's licenses, degrees from college, etc...) came from a CURSE.

True, but they're still being honored, which makes them valid. The very fact that people are putting faith in those things is what makes them valid. As for Regina... she raised Henry when Emma didn't want that responsibility. That can't just be thrown away. I'm sure she has legal documents somewhere, and they probably are truly legal in the sense that Henry is properly in the "system". Besides, how would they go about voiding them? "You see, your Honor, it's actually a pretty funny story! We're all from an alternate dimension where this woman is actually the Evil Queen..."