question

[madwitch58.livejournal.com]

this has been playing around my head for a few days. i know no one can leave storybrook, but is that leave as in move to anther place or leave as in go to go on vacation. i know Henry left but he had to return. could someone else leave as long as they returned? if so that would enplane how Mr. Gold was able to get Henry.

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[dk323.livejournal.com]

I recall Henry saying that he had to return to Storybrooke even if he was able to leave to find Emma. I think it was to do with the fact Henry was a child, so he had no choice but to return at some point to Storybrooke since Regina is his adoptive mother/legal guardian. He's too young to live independently, so the curse must work on him that way due to him being a minor. But it also could make sense that the curse doesn't affect Henry at all.

I agree with the others who say Mr. Gold has more power than Regina and that's why the curse doesn't affect him (and why he had been able to leave to get Henry for Regina to adopt). Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold definitely got really lucky with the deal he struck with the Evil Queen/Regina.