Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24846659-20140813193020/@comment-24674051-20141020175303

As for reaching the LWM without the dark curse, there is already precedent for that.

First off, Emma and Pinnochio did not come across with the curse, just at the same time. They used a magic portal from the special tree.

Also, Baelfire originally landed in the LWM after using his portal bean.

We have the yet to be explained appearance of The Dragon from Season 2, who was in flashbacks with August.

And there are other various random statements made that would indicate (at least to me) that there are other ways to get to the LWM without relying on the Dark Curse.

Getting from the LWM to the EF, though, is probably not possible except for the Dark Curse, which keeps whatever dimensional portal between the two realms accessible.