Here are all our most frequently asked questions! Before leaving us an ask, check here - your question may have already been answered! Note: if you send us a question that’s already been answered here, it will be ignored. I will link this in the sidebar so it’s easy to find - and it’s constantly being updated!

Please don’t leave questions here; use the ask page.

1. How do I get you to reblog my graphic?
You simply tag it with “once upon a time”. We always check the tag and if your graphic is in there, we will find it.

2. I tagged my graphic with “once upon a time” and you still haven’t reblogged it!
Sorry; there are so many OUAT graphics out there, sometimes we miss something.

3. I checked IMDB and it says that this actor is in all 22 episodes!
Please don’t believe IMDB. Anyone can edit it, just like Wikipedia, so it’s not that reliable. The only reliable source are the ABC press releases - as well as the producers, if they choose to reveal things in interviews.

4. Where is the show filmed? Storybrooke is in Maine, but it doesn’t look like Maine!
The show is filmed in Canada. Storybrooke is actually a town near Vancouver named Stevenson.

5. If the curse doesn’t let any characters age, why did Henry age?
Henry is not part of the curse; he was born 18 years after the curse was cast, and he’s not affected by it. 

6. What fairytale character is Emma supposed to be?
Emma is a brand new fairytale character. So, she’s not the Ugly Ducking, or the Swan Princess, or any other “known” character. She doesn’t have a fairytale counterpart.

7. What’s the deal with the rights to fairy tale characters? Can they use whatever character they want?
The short answer is yes, but not really. All the “classic” fairy tale characters - ACTUAL fairy tale characters, like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, etc - are in the public domain, so no one holds their rights, and anyone can write a book, or make a show about them. What is under copyright is, for example, Disney’s Snow White, or Disney’s Belle, etc. So, I could make a show about Belle, but I couldn’t dress her in her “classic” gold dress. I could write about the dwarves, but I couldn’t cal them Sleepy, Grumpy, etc, because those names were invented by Disney. OUAT, however, is owned by Disney - and Disney has been really free in letting them use whatever character they want. So, here’s why we have Belle in the gold dress, and a dwarf named Grumpy.

8. I heard some gossip that those two actors are dating/hate each other/etc. Is it true?
As a rule, we’ll refrain from speculating on the actors’ private lives until they confirm it themselves. PS: Jennifer and Lana do not hate each other.

9. How can Henry leave Storybrooke when no one else can?
Henry isn’t part of the curse, so he isn’t affected by it.

10. Was Cinderella pregnant for 28 years? How is that possible?
The curse kept time from moving, so they were all stuck in the same day for 28 years. 

11. What happened between Snow and The Queen? Why does The Evil Queen hate her so much?
Young Snow told Cora, Regina’s mother, about Daniel. And Cora subsequently yanked out Daniel’s heart and crushed it. So, Regina blames Snow for the loss of her true love because she’d told young Snow not to tell anyone. But Snow had done it with the best intentions of Regina not having to lose her mother.

12. I think Henry is Pinocchio!
He isn’t. Henry isn’t a fairytale character. 

13. Is Henry the Storybrooke counterpart of the Evil Queen’s father?
No. The Evil Queen’s father has no Storybrooke counterpart; he’s dead. Henry is just named after him. 

14. Why does your theme feature [insert character/actor/couple here]? I hate [him/her/them]!
OUAT has many characters, and our theme can’t feature them ALL. We choose who to feature randomly, and we change our theme often. So, if you don’t like it, chances are that in a couple of weeks it’ll be gone.

15. Is there gonna be an episode about [insert my favourite character here]?
Please check our spoiler roundup. If we know about it, it’ll be there. If it’s not there, the most we can do is answer “I don’t know”, and that’s a waste of time for everyone.

16. Is Graham coming back?
Graham is dead. D-E-A-D. Now, this being a fantasy show, anything is possible… but frankly I doubt it.

17. If Regina killed her father, why was he alive in “Hat Trick”?
Because “Hat Trick” takes place BEFORE she kills her father. 

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