Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170909025746/@comment-31828520-20171111145857

The only thing is that the show specifically said that the Wish Realm was CREATED by the Evil Queen's wish. They said created, not accessed. So the Wish Realm did not exist before the Genie granted the Evil Queen's wish that Emma's wish be granted. The creators even said this much when talking to EW  This doesn't mess up the rules of a genie because no one was brought back from the dead. Having a doppleganger isn't bringing someone back from the dead. What messes everything up is that when Emma believed she was the savior again, the realm still existed. How they should have done it is as soon as Regina got Emma to believe again they were transported back to Storybrooke and the Wish Realm disappeared. The fact they let it exist is what has caused all the confusion. Kitsis said, "Yeah, the wish ream, as we call it, isn't a curse.  It's now a real place." By him adding the word NOW in there it's clear that this place did not exist before the wish.