Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26159109-20150928143524/@comment-4453062-20151111051612

Farerb wrote: Two explanations I can find is either she was at the restroom (she is always at the restroom) when they got to camelot via Apprentice's wand, or Emma and Hook changed something in the past that somehow resulted in Ruby never coming to Storybrooke in any curses, erasing any canonial appearences Ruby had in S1-S3. The latter would also result in plotholes, because Ruby's involvement effected certain plot points. Like how Ruby's natural tracking ability from being a werewolf found the jewelry box with Kathryn's fake heart in "Red-Handed", how Ruby's sense of smell helped Rumple and David find Belle in "The Crocodile", and how Ruby's pep talk with Whale convinced him to save Greg's life in "In the Name of the Brother." The last one would be especially disastrous. Granted, its not like Greg's life would have been worth saving, but such an event would have resulted in several changes that would have made certain plot points not possible.