Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24304025-20150202171011/@comment-25926288-20150204133458

FrancisPaul wrote: So you think EF, Wonderland and all could not even move or talk until Emma entered Storybrooke? That's interesting. Frozen in place, not just in time... Yeah! For example, I think Cora arrived at the Safe Haven and hastily put up the protection spell. After, Emma entered Storybrooke. The safe Haven was founded, hosting strangers and refugees in their camp. This gives time for Cora to rip out Lancelot's heart and pose as both. Robin Hood and his merry Men travel and inhabit Rumple's castle and stuff. I doubt all these things happen in a week or two.

Also, Cora said to Hook that he wouldn't notice it. Therefore, unlike Neverland where time stands still and you are aware of it, everything and everyone stood still until Emma entered. Unless it is actually when Emma broke it, but why start time in one place and not the others?