Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6302057-20141203042730/@comment-3393671-20141203060142

NickM98 wrote: I've come to a slightly conflicting conclusion for a theory.

Ages ago on the Dark Curse page, I added that it's implied that it only affects the land in which it is cast (Fairy Tale Land). However, as Arendelle appeared to be untouched by the Curse, I now believe that it's only the realm in which the Curse is cast (Enchanted Forest). This is further backed-up by the fact that Hook was able to outrun the curse before getting a Magic Bean to return to LWM. If it affected the whole of FTL, he wouldn't have been able to outrun the Curse and remain safe behind its boundary (I believe that this boundary is the territorial one that divides realms within worlds).

However, a stone statue of Pabbie appears in SB, so does this mean that Arendelle was affected, but Ingrid's icy spell prevented Anna and the others from being affected (except the Valley of Living Rock where the Rock Trolls live)? The statue of Pabbie is the only think that I can find that doesn't support my theory, but what do you guys think? I'm not asking this to be approved for use, it's just my view. I believe that particular stone statue was merely a reference to Frozen and not an actual, petrified rock troll. Also, what Onceuponatimeuser97 said is correct. Even though everybody in the Enchanted Forest was transported to Storybrooke, all the different realms in every world except for the Land Without Magic were affected in a way that only time froze and the residents never aged, yet nobody came to Storybrooke unless Regina wanted them to in the cases of Jefferson and Viktor Frankenstein.