Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24589671-20141027013232/@comment-24757127-20141104054033

TheSamTrickster wrote: Maybe not. ( Maybey not) First, in the episode of "The Family Business", she had the scroll that contained a prophecy, which I think means she didn't need to know about rumplestiltskin's plan. Secondly, it is likely that The Snow Queen had managed to cross over before the curse hit, and it is extremely unlikely that she was part of the curse for the fact that retaining memories had nothing to do being able to cross over the town line. If you remember, even though Mr. Gold retained his memories all those years that Regina thought he had lost them, yet he wasn't able to really cross the townline until after Emma broke the curse, and he still can't afterwards without the help of a spell he made to retain his memories. Although, your theory about hitching a ride can be intepreted this way. What is she can travel across mirrors to go to other realms, in this case, a land without magic, then it is plausible. I hope we get to find out how the SQ came to LWM and how she came to Storybrooke during the first curse. Remember the curse Regina made was for all the EF characters to be trapped in Storybrooke and not remember who they are. That doesn't mean everyone is subject to that. SQ is not part of that curse so she could both cross the town lines and still have her memory.

The mid season finale title Heroes and Villains makes a bit more sense now. The mirror will blur the line on who is a villain and who is a hero.