Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20171120155605/@comment-30630533-20171217193329

Here's a theory: What if the NEF and the WRealm are the same place? We haven't really explored the possibility of alternate realities where everything changed from the very beginning. It could possibly be that if the two are the same and in another dimension, you need different modes of transport, i.e. a genies ability to transport you to another dimension at your behest and the different portal we saw Henry create in 7x01 to access the NEF.

Now to answer questions: 1) No, there would be no problem of two people sharing the same name. Lady Tremaine originated as Rapunzel, and we have to make an assumption that Marcus's last name was Rapunzel. If she married someone else after that has the last name Tremaine they're probably related to the other Lady Treamaine. Keep in mind that in 7x07 Regina directed Hook to a mysterious tower ina mysterious land. This makes me think that this realm is distinctly divided into two "Enchanted Forests" that don't know of the other to the extent that " there's a land across the bay but I don't care." Rumples comment in 7x06 (lady tremaine has quite a reputation) simply alludes to the events taking place 30 years later minimum, long after the other tremaine went to the land of untold stories with clorinda. Henry also takes Lucy,in 7x10, to the oldest part of the enchanted forest, which by that Henry traveled to the other Enchanted Forest due to the wardrobe and the prescence of gepettos ax( probably thrown away once he died) thus reinforcing my theory.

2) I don't know if wonderland is considered canon, but if it is, then there could be a parallel Wonderland existing within this dimension.

I completely forgot everything else I was going to add so if you point out any unexplained things, I will provide my answer in this post as part of me editing this theory. Pls share this so other people can analyze it as well.