Board Thread:Show-Related Questions and Answers/@comment-26569765-20171118234222/@comment-31231929-20171119173120

Eskaver wrote: Emillian Swanones wrote: I believe the Wish Realm began to exist when the EQ made her wish, but at a mid-point in its history. To the people inside the Wish Realm, their world has always existed and their lives and memories are real. But to those outside it, it is essentially a work of fiction. I think that there never was a Wish Emma, but that the people of the Wish Realm believed she existed prior to her blowing out the candle because they have memories of before that moment. So basically the Wish Realm is fiction-ception and it is both real and not real depending on your perspective. I do like that (which coincides with the idea thatthe history is fabricated), but then that means in some of these Season 7 flashbacks we've been watching false memories.

But at the end of the day, it sits well with me. Compared to Unnamed Kingdom X and Unnamed Kingdom Y with weird rules of societal structure and governance and out-of-control magic..... But that's just me. XD I think that what makes the Wish Realms flashbacks real is that the characters believe they have happened, and since belief is a very powerful thing on this show, it becomes real.

Another explanation I have is that the Wish Realm is a parallel universe that existed prior to the wish, but was not accessible/exist in the minds of those outside it until that moment.