Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24.0.200.36-20130322020344/@comment-4975807-20130322020838

I think the curse was meant to inhibit people in the new world. For example, Prince Charming being on the brink of death before the curse took him away made him stay in a sleeping coma forever. It also alluded to him being the one encased in a "glass coffin" (the hospital room) in the new world as opposed to Snow White being in a glass coffin in the Enchanted Forest. The fact he and Kathryn were a married couple in the new world, I speculate because their marriage was rocky and unstable, it could mean had they really married in the Enchanted Forest, they might have not been happy together since they are not their true loves.

While Snow White is badass and beautiful, Mary Margaret became a complete opposite of her. Timid, modest in clothing style, no love life. Maybe the short hair can also be attributed to that.