Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-23962251-20131011025554/@comment-32390199-20131011183653

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: The Red Queen is the the rightful ruler of Wonderland, because she is actually native. Her palece is based on a chess set, because her kingdom is a literal chessboard. It is also possible, that the White Queen was the Red Queen's mother.

Cora was the Queen of Hearts, who rule over a deck of cards. Not to mention, she stole people's hearts to gain power.... she bought her thone. I don't think that the White Queen is Red Queen's mother, it wouldn't make sense. In the original plot they were rivals. And I always imagined the White Queen to live in a chess-based castle but now Red Queen is living in one. Maybe the White Queen is knocked off the throne by the Red Queen.

But to come to Cora not being in Wonderland. Cora was in Wonderland during the period that she was thrown throug the Looking Glass and when the Emma was born, because by that time she and Hook were back in the EF. That means she didn't rule very long. She might have ruled during Alice's first visit, but in her second visit the Red Queen ruled. If this is true then it also goes according to the original tale. Though if we want to see more of Cora then Young Alice needs to appear in more episodes.