Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7302713-20130321104107/@comment-2157876-20130417031535

You are right, the Dark Curse gave some happy endings, I had thinking that when I watched the first season, but now with the new episodes, I have noticed that all those happy endings in Storybrooke happened because of Emma's presence in the town and because of her interactions with other characters. Those happy endings happened because of Emma's role as The Savior, if she would never arrived, all the characters would've been miserables doing the same things again and again as seen in "Welcome to Storybrooke" episode.

We know from Henry that all the characters were frozen in a timeless town, but when Emma arrived there time started moving foward. This was the first hint of the curse weakening.

We don't know why  Jefferson or Dr. Frankenstein are in Storybrooke, maybe they were at the Enchanted Forest when the curse was casted or maybe the Dark curse reached other realms like wonderland. We don't know how the curse works but given the fact Regina tried to kill her mother while she was in Wonderlad is kind of hinted Cora and Jefferson would be taken to Storybrooke. There is an episode (I don't recall which) where Regina claims She've brought to Storybrooke all the people she wanted, if that's so, why she had to kill Cora instead of leaving her at Wonderland?.

We know Regina is a fierce enemy but she could've been also a good ally, because we have seen how she tried to reward quite well to all those who help her with her plans (She offered Hansel and Grettel a good life, promised to stop all the wolf hunting to the Huntsman, etc.).Although some of her deals were traps (Pretending to be in love with the Genie and made him kill King Leopold, Using Jefferson to retrieve her father from wonderland)  When they get to Storybrooke those who help her had a sort of good life. Hansel and Grettel refused to love her so now in Storybrooke they were fatherless, whereas The Genie who loved her and killed King Leopold for her he is now the chief editor of Storybrooke's news paper, also she claimed that in grattitude for Jefferson's help she allowed him to live a wealthy life in a luxury state at the town's outskirts. King George who was her ally is now a well known lawyer. Regina gave them what she thought it would be good for them, although that didn't make them entirely happy like Jefferson who had lost the love of her daughter because of the curse.