Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-108.52.15.234-20130211215530/@comment-7302713-20130325001906

82.20.211.120 wrote: I think a good plot twist would be if that they choose to go back to Fairytale Land, they will forget all about the curse and Storybrooke. What do you think ? That's a terrible and unnecessary plot twist. The characters all seem to strongly believe that their time under the curse was also them. That their experience while cursed are apart of them now. Bad things may have happened but erasing a part of yourself? That's pretty close to taking Rumple's forgetting potion. And forgetting not just their time under the curse but post-curse SB as well? I can't see anyone willing to do that.

SB characters have already been back and unaffected. Sure, they need a different form of transport but why on earth would going via magic bean be that different from going via the hat? Also, so much has happened to them here that it's just not practical. What, they'de show up in FTL with their last memories be bracing for the curse? With grown-up Emma, and Henry? Jefferson's last memory would be of Wonderland. Now he's suddenly in FTL again? Cinderella has given birth and has her husband back, and so on. While this might lead to some humorous moments, it's not nearly as interesting as the way things are now.

It doesn't make sense in terms of the rules of magic and it doesn't make sense as a plot device. It takes what is a very compelling issue--choosing between two lands you consider a home and makes it a non-issue.

Snow might be terribly upset and want to undo things or forget things but can you see her even mildly entertaining losing all of her memories of her daughter and grandson? Jefferson has been tortured for 28 years. Seeing his daughter everyday and she having no idea who he is. But he got reunited with her. Would he want to trade one minute of that time for not having suffered? I can't see it.

David wants to go back. Snow doesn't. It's a simple choice, yes, but having to choose is what is compelling. It's a battle of wills. A battle of visions. If they forget when they go to FTL then it simplifies things because it makes the choice easy. David wants to go back but David doesn't want to forget. Snow wants to stay, and doesn't want to forget. So they stay. There's no conflict. No arguement, not even a discussion.

Also, FTL has been raized, and it's not clear that everyone can go without consequences already, and SB is not safe from outsiders. That's three things to consider. Snow might be happier here, but outsiders are too big a risk. The woodcutter and family might want to go back but they run the risk of being forever separated thanks to Regina's curse. The twists that exist affect everyone differently. And there are lots of familial connections providing additions pressures. I can't see why anyone would want to add a twist--this is a fantastic plot point. Adding the kind of plot twists you're talking about changes this from complicated and compelling to ridiculous and boring.

Choices matter intensly in OUAT. Your choices make you who you are. This is constantly being emphasized. And now everyone, every character shares this big choice.