Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5679696-20161205034133/@comment-1894786-20161206082139

Thank god I'm well-versed in comic books and multiverses, 'cause this is so confusing.

So the REAL FTL and the REAL LWM are much akin to Asgard and Midgard (Earth), two dimensions co-existing in one reality (where every other land we've seen falls into place).

Heroes and Villains (which I'm not seeing a lot of people talking about), is an alternate reality complete with (most likely) alternate versions of the other realms, but a it's "disposable" one, one that disappeared once its original use was done, much like Counter-Earth or the world of Marvel: 1602 (though both ended up being preserved unlike Heroes and Villains).

But the Wish Realm is like the House of M reality, an alternate reality that was created by warping the original one, that later became its own, unique real reality after everything was reversed and everyone went back to the real world (their counterparts in that world just stayed; think an amoeba splitting in two, one stays with the new world's memories, the originals go back to their world, which is what would happen to Emma, but not Regina since WR Regina is presumably an old hag). And unlike the REAL FTL, which is a dimension, Wish Realm would have to be a reality, since it (to accomodate Regina and Rumple's stories) would need at least two more fake dimensions; WR Wonderland and WR Neverland.