Thread:Applegirl/@comment-5679696-20121221210853/@comment-4975807-20121222003959

I think what utter means by separate identities is for people who had fairytale counterparts, but then transitioned into storybrooke people while they were under the influence of the curse. That counts people like Belle, William Smee, Regina, and the like even though they have the same names in both worlds.

For Cora, I think it's more tricky because there was the whole mystery of her as "Queen of Hearts", but she was still Cora at the same time. Hook, Aurora and Mulan never had storybrooke counterparts, and continued being who they were, so that's why we continue referring them by their names in fairytale land. They don't have storybrooke counterpart identities, basically.

Though I do think we let August/Pinnochio slide and allow August/Pinnochio to count as both fairytale land and storybrooke counterparts. He never really stopped being Pinnochio. He didn't lose his memories of his fairytale self, and instead only changed his name and adapted to live in the real world as a normal person. I guess that counts as two separate identities in some aspect ?