Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6302057-20141203042730/@comment-6302057-20141203061913

Sonofaphrodite wrote: NickM98 wrote: I've come to a slightly conflicting conclusion for a theory.

Ages ago on the Dark Curse page, I added that it's implied that it only affects the land in which it is cast (Fairy Tale Land). However, as Arendelle appeared to be untouched by the Curse, I now believe that it's only the realm in which the Curse is cast (Enchanted Forest). This is further backed-up by the fact that Hook was able to outrun the curse before getting a Magic Bean to return to LWM. If it affected the whole of FTL, he wouldn't have been able to outrun the Curse and remain safe behind its boundary (I believe that this boundary is the territorial one that divides realms within worlds).

However, a stone statue of Pabbie appears in SB, so does this mean that Arendelle was affected, but Ingrid's icy spell prevented Anna and the others from being affected (except the Valley of Living Rock where the Rock Trolls live)? The statue of Pabbie is the only think that I can find that doesn't support my theory, but what do you guys think? I'm not asking this to be approved for use, it's just my view. I believe that particular stone statue was merely a reference to Frozen and not an actual, petrified rock troll. Also, what Onceuponatimeuser97 said is correct. Even though everybody in the Enchanted Forest was transported to Storybrooke, all the different realms in every world except for the Land Without Magic were affected in a way that only time froze and the residents never aged; yet nobody came to Storybrooke unless Regina wanted them to in the cases of Jefferson and Viktor Frankenstein. The normal stone statue theory for the Rock Troll and the other worlds being frozen in time theory makes sense. However, despite Regina wanting Cora dead before she cast the Curse for fear of her following them, and the appearance of Jefferson and Dr. Frankenstein, I do not really believe that the Curse is selective as to who goes and who stays. I believe that it just takes everyone that's located in the realm (EF) that it's cast in unless a strong enough protection spell can hold it back in some areas (2x09). I think that Regina was worried about Cora finding a way back to EF before or during the casting of the Curse (travelling between worlds may have become easy during the spreading of the Curse, who knows?). I also believe that (despite how difficult and time wasting it sounds), Regina somehow brought Jefferson and Dr. Frankenstein back to EF before the Curse (or during the spreading of the Curse due to my crazy world travel during the spreading of the Curse possible theory).