Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-184.155.191.147-20130129034250/@comment-6040657-20130312153439

76.17.214.172 wrote: They have to be outsiders. I think they stumbled on to Storybrooke in their past (hence the flashback) and have been trying to study it ever since. Question is - why are they able to find Storybrooke in the first place? Can they leave? More importantly, are they the reason why the whole town knows something bad happens if you try to leave town? (unless that knowledge was part of the curse) I think that the whole bad things happen to people when they leave was just part of the curse. Remember in "What Happened to Frederick" Kathryn  said "I've always had this fear of leaving Storybrooke but never knew why" ...

Also I don't think the curse would trap them inside. I could be wrong, but Emma and Henry who were not a part of the curse and are able to come and go as they please. Regina stated in the episode I believe was "The Queen is Dead" that She, Cora, and Hook were not victims of the curse and therefore could leave town without losing their memories... So the outsider Father and Son could possibly come and go as they please. Like I said I could be wrong.

As far as how they can find Storybrooke without being from the Enchanted Forest or some other magical world is beyond me... unless the curse was still sealing itself in when they came across it.... or it looked like the father and son in the new promo were hiking or camping... could be that Storybrooke ended up in their usual camping spot... one year camping spot... next year fully constructed and established town... could be possible...