@jessista wrote:
I’m just wondering how far his “cover identity” goes. I mean, if Gold is Scottish by birth, does he have naturalization papers somewhere? Would there be INS issues? (how hilarious would that be? “Sir, this says you’re a resident alien from the UK, but you told my colleague you were from Maine.” “I am from Maine, that’s where I live.” “Sir, can you tell me what your city of birth is?” “Um, Glasgow. My father was an American, though, so you might see that on my papers…” “Sir, your papers say you’re from Aberdeen and your father was a kettle salesman. I’m going to need to detain you for a while…”)
How exactly SB and its residents fit in to our world is something I’ve wondered too. Dunno if they necessarily want us to dissect the technicalities. It doesn’t diminish the show for me at all if they just want us to accept that “it just is”, but sometimes I wonder about it.
Like, the place isn’t visible to the outside world, but Henry was able to use MM’s credit card to buy a ticket for a real world bus without the card showing up as being bogus. Using that as an example, it’s safe to assume that any ID Mr Gold has to travel with wouldn’t show up as being bogus either. But how are they in the real world system if the town is a magical creation and is essentially invisible to the outside world? Does not compute.