Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-5679696-20150815191329/@comment-1894786-20150816012622

Well, the Darlings existed in our world (when it would've been easier to make them part of Alice's world), and I'd say a talking, flying shadow is much more improbable than a tornado that's also a portal.

And the Kansas parts of the Oz series happen in the real Kansas, so why should the show be any different? My one problem is Dorothy's attire. If the flashbacks all take place in real time, then Kansas happens in the mid- to late-60's. Yet Dorothy is wearing a dress I'd expect a young girl to wear in say, maybe the 1930's (which is when the MGM movie came out).

So I'd say that Dorothy is from another world that is just Kansas, and trapped in the 30's. Maybe To Kill A Mockingbird also happens here since it also takes place in the American 30's (albeit in another state).

But nothing says that Walsh and Dorothy are from the same Kansas. I'd say that since Walsh didn't even have magic, he was from our Kansas, Dorothy wasn't shocked at the presence of magic at all.

And let's not forget the most important thing. Dorothy Gale never realized she was Dorothy Gale. If these flashbacks did take place in the 60's and Dorothy was from our world, she would've known instantly that she was the Dorothy of popular culture and that all she had to do to defeat the green-skinned witch was throw water at her, but yet... Dorothy never recognized Glinda, never tried to melt Zelena on purpose. That points to her being from another of the literary worlds rather than ours. Walsh maybe still could be from our world, because we didn't see much of him at all, much less if he recognized Oz and realized he was the Wizard. His New York furniture store definitely hints that he knew (by then, at least) who he was known as and that he was famous in our land, 'cause he was definitely playing on his self-given title.

The Darlings, in my opinion, were the only ones for whom residing in the Land Without Magic made sense, since they were tied to Baelfire and they actually appeared long before the 1904 Peter and Wendy novel, appearing in the mid-1800's, according to the show. But the Darlings aren't the discussion at hand, Dorothy and Walsh are.