Re: Will the characters go back to FTL or stay in Storybrook

I really like the idea that fairy-tale land magically morphed into Storybrooke when the curse was unleashed in a torrential storm (which reminds me of the tornado transporting Dorthy from Kansas to Oz). The two worlds blended together, with parts of FTL buried underneath and parts above ground. It’s like ancient Rome being buried underneath modern-day Rome, since archeologists find remnants of a civilization thousands of years old within the modern-day vicinity.

It would explain why Mr. Gold was digging in the middle of what appears to be the Enchanted Forest in Storybrooke. The cottage where Snow was hiding out still exists in Storybrooke, where Mary and David take shelter from a storm. The toll bridge still exists to which David returns, prompted by subconscious memories of the troll bridge in FTL. It’s also intriguing that a wishing well still exists in Stroybrooke, fed by a magic lake. When Emma asks August in episode 13 how he knows so much about the magical properties of the well, he replies that he read the plaque. How could Regina have overlooked this important spot? It seems like Storybrooke is full of signposts just waiting to be recognized and unearthed.