Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1916997-20150312220054/@comment-25926288-20150423113600

GothicNarcissus wrote: Utter solitude wrote:

GothicNarcissus wrote: We're forgetting the mother of all retcons / continuity errors:

1) Jefferson's (very limited) portal to the past in An Apple As Red As Blood.

2) The Dragon using "active powers" in Hong Kong. 1- I'm not sure what you're calling the retcon here. Its lack of power? Storybrooke had no magic at the time, and the item Regina gave up to use the hat was just a ring- small amount of power, small result. The hat clearly needs a ton of magic to operate.

2- The Dragon could have had some magical object we didn't see or hear about. The retcon is, up until that point there was no implication at all that time-travel between lands was not possible. In that very scene, Jefferson himself told Regina, "Then you need to direct me to the time and place where this object exists". I specified the portal was very limited because no, technically no one time-travelled yet at that point, it was just a small opening. Which as of now is a bit "awkward" to recall. The real truth is...wait for it...They had no clue whether they wanted the Fairytale Land/ Enchanted Forest to remain existing. That's why they had Regina awkwardly say there is nothing left...small corner of the land...sending the Wraith to a void...Before they introduced Arendelle and Agrabah, of course.

I don't know whether they didn't plan season 2 when they planned season 1 or they didn't know what to really do post season 1 or (I don't know why Regina and Rumple would think a curse that travels realms would destroy their world.)