@PriceofMagic wrote:
I wonder if Barett being able to enter Storybrooke has something to do with Rumple being able to leave Storybrooke. All magic comes with a price, what if the price is that by Rumple breaking the barrier curse, Storybrooke is no longer protected from outsiders.
Crazy theory: What if Storybrooke isn’t the only town created by the curse? There were a lot of worlds in Jefferson’s hat. Enchanted Forest, Wonderland, Neverland and Oz are the only ones we know about so far. There’s no way Storybrooke can hold all the residents of at least four worlds and remain a little town (assuming the dark curse affected the other worlds). What if there were other isolated little towns like Storybrooke trapped in time. Barett may be an outsider to Storybrooke but come from another town created by the curse. Perhaps that is where August currently is?
In Lost, season 1 focussed on one set of survivors from the plane crash then in Season 2, it was revealed that there was another set of survivors from the same plane crash living on the other side of the island. It’s not impossible that they may do that with OUAT. Focus on one town and its residents throughout season 1 then reveal that there were other towns all along. It would be a good way to introduce new characters without the “so and so was in Storybrooke all along and we never ever saw them until now”.
Yes, I wouldn’t mind them doing something like that as long as the outsiders came from other fictional worlds. I’m sure that the writers could have outsiders from our world enter Storybrooke, and I’d still enjoy it, but for now I just want to see more of the other worlds and people from those places first.
Mostly though, I’m worried about the show being able to write characters from the real world in a logical way that doesn’t lead to more problems that the writers just never address. Like with the rules of magic, aside from the set rule about not being able to bring anyone back from the dead, it seems like they just make stuff up along as they go, and then over time, little problems start to snowball. For instance, they keep saying magic works differently here, but aside from maybe one or two instances, it seems that this only applies when it’s convenient. It doesn’t bother me too much, but it is annoying because they made such a big deal about it, and it really hasn’t been an issue at all.