Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-24008305-20131027171942

All of this is really speculation. So here's my two cents:

What if everyone in Storybrooke is not a fairytale character? Remember David's wfie Katherine? She has no FTL counterpart. She was just a way for Regina to keep Snow & Charming apart in Storybrooke.

I also wanna point out, just because Storybrooke doesn't exist to most outsiders doesn't nullify the fact that it operates just like every other legalized city. I italicized most because both Emma and Henry were able to leave and come back. Greg and Tamara were also able to come and go. In fact, Tamara was actually in contact with Pan before she ever ventured to Storybrooke. And Katherine is clearly not from FTL or Storybrooke. Neither is Henry for that matter. He's from New York.