Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20170629021436/@comment-5899967-20170716210727

I guess this plot device gives a simple excuse for the absences. Still doesn't explain why:

- Regina, Hook and Rumple are in this new realm with Henry (is it LWM Seattle or Alternate Seattle anyway?)

- Why Emma is absent while her son, husband and most likely a daughter are present in this new realm. Bonus: why her her bug is in Seattle merged with a troll statue. Something must have happened to her.

Maybe Emma goes missing in this realm, and Henry is looking for her, that's why he leaves Storybrooke.