Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24478263-20140128160755/@comment-5106672-20140128234419

Utter solitude wrote: Emma didn't escape because of some power, she was sent out of town. Regina gave her that new life with Henry to thank her. It's not accurate to imply that Emma escaped somehow simply by being the savior of the dark curse. That part is a bit ambiguous because Regina did mention Emma being the Saviour while speaking of how she would escape going back. But:

• People from the Enchanted Forest would return there regardless if cursed or not (otherwise kid!Pinocchio, Neal and Hook would remain there too.

• Henry would remain because he was born in the LWM and because that was the price Regina had to pay. So I guess that does not apply to Alexandra because she was fully formed and only some two-three days away from being born when transported to the LWM.

• Emma could have been an exception because of the Saviour thing. ‘Cause otherwise Regina could have made Neal stay too and give Henry a happy life with both his parents (and fake memories in which they reunited somehow).

• The real question is, what about the Lost Boys, lol? Some of them were obviously from the Enchanted Forest (3x04), but some were not. They would find themselves in the middle of nowhere in Maine only remembering the Jolly Roger was flying them away from Neverland and then... well, what? And the Darling siblings would be a funny situation, too: like, they would probably just remember driving to Storybrooke and suddenly, the next second, find themselves reunited with Wendy with no logical explaination.

• Also, I wonder what has become of Maleficent, since Storybrooke and, thus, the enchantment which kept her alive post-mortem to guard the failsafe were ereased.