Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5679696-20150507231428/@comment-25926288-20150508004409

Applegirl wrote: Mesmermann wrote: We don't see Leopold, Eva, Hans & the Brothers and King George in the episode. We don't have so much time, and dead people don't be resurrected. Might be the one ting the pen not can.

Or, the alternate book can create new histories for the deceased in which their roles are reversed, but they still remain dead, but the characters who are currently alive still remember them as such. Like James, who is still dead in this alternate timeline, but he's Snow's true love instead of Charming. I agree! I think it's just manipulation of the current characters, their roles and memories changed.