Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5094906-20141119193942/@comment-24674051-20141219143524

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Since we have no idea when the QOD arc takes place, I'm going to hope it's pre-Snow Falls or at least pre-Ariel so that our resident red head still has her voice. Eddy and Adam confirmed, when most of this arc takes place.... while the Evil Queen plans on enacting the Dark Curse. Meaning that Snow and Charming are married, and Ariel is a mute. That actually makes sense. The 2 flashbacks with Maleficent from Season 1 where both in that time period as well. And Regina had gathered a lot of the evil creatures together when she cast the curse, but the Queens were not there. Perhaps they were aware of Regina's plan (thanks in no small part to a warning from Mal), and chose to find thier own way rather than be a slave to Regina's curse. Meaning that they may have had magic beans (or in Ursula's case, mermaid ability), and exited prior to the curse.