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** James also has moments of this, since his curse memories never took hold, so he relies on Snow and others to helo him.

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** James also has moments of this, since his curse memories never took hold, so he relies on Snow and others to helo help him.
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* ScheduleSlip: After posting semi-regularly for six years, there was a 5+-year gap between chapters 46 (April 2017) and 47 (January 2023), due to positive developments in the author's life as well as the Covid-19 pandemic.

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* ScheduleSlip: After posting semi-regularly for six years, there was a 5+-year gap between chapters 46 (April (March 2017) and 47 (January 2023), due to positive developments in the author's life as well as the Covid-19 pandemic.

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** Others, like [[spoiler: Marco, Archie, and Rose]] are told about the curse and choose to believe in it, despite not yet gaining their former memories.

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** Others, like [[spoiler: Marco, Archie, and Rose]] Rose]], are told about the curse WelcomedToTheMasquerade and choose to believe in it, despite not yet gaining their former memories.



* FishOutOfWater: Adam is one of the few people in Storybrooke who was never under the spell, which means he has no memories and no understanding of how the "real world" works. The fact that he was drugged and imprisoned in an asylum really doesn't help.

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* FishOutOfWater: FishOutOfWater:
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Adam is one of the few people in Storybrooke who was never under the spell, which means he has no memories and no understanding of how the "real world" works. The fact that he was drugged and imprisoned in an asylum really doesn't help.
** James also has moments of this, since his curse memories never took hold, so he relies on Snow and others to helo him.

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* BrokenMasquerade: James and Snow break their curses in Chapter 1, and help other cursed characters do this throughout the story.
** [[spoiler: Prince Thomas, formerly Sean]] turns out to have broken his curse weeks prior, at the end of "The Price of Gold". Others, such as Jefferson, Adam, [[spoiler: Pinocchio and the Lost Boys]], were resistant to the curse from the beginning and have been [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade isolated or locked away to prevent them from telling]].
** Others, like [[spoiler: Marco, Archie, and Rose]] are told about the curse and choose to believe, despite not yet gaining their former memories.

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* BrokenMasquerade: James and Snow break their curses in Chapter 1, and help other cursed characters do this throughout the story.
story by restoring their happy endings.
** [[spoiler: Prince Thomas, formerly Sean]] Sean,]] turns out to have broken his curse weeks prior, at the end of "The Price of Gold". Others, such as Jefferson, Adam, [[spoiler: Pinocchio and the Lost Boys]], were resistant to the curse from the beginning and have been [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade isolated or locked away to prevent them from telling]].
** Others, like [[spoiler: Marco, Archie, and Rose]] are told about the curse and choose to believe, believe in it, despite not yet gaining their former memories.


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* MeaningfulName: Following the pattern of the show, the cursed names of the fairytale characters have some connection to their true selves:
** Rose French, aka Belle from ''Beauty and the Beast'', reflects the Enchanted Rose of the fairytale and the tale's French origins.
** Dawn Charles, [[spoiler: aka Princess Aurora from ''Sleeping Beauty'', takes her first name from English translation of ''aurora'' and her last name from the author of her original fairytale, Charles Perrault.]]
** Marina Andersen [[spoiler: aka Ariel from ''The Little Mermaid'', has an aquatic first name, and takes her last name from her author, Hans Christian Andersen.]]
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* MeaningfulNameChange: A flashback reveals that Prince Charming chose to keep his brother's name, James, instead of reverting to his birth name when he revealed his identity to Snow, since that's the name he was using when he met her. [[note]] This is used to explain the CanonDivergence of Prince Charming going by James here while his canon self goes by David. [[/note]]

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* MeaningfulNameChange: MeaningfulRename: A flashback reveals that Prince Charming chose to keep his brother's name, James, instead of reverting to his birth name when he revealed his identity to Snow, since that's the name he was using when he met her. [[note]] This is used to explain the CanonDivergence of Prince Charming going by James here while his canon self goes by David. [[/note]]

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* MeaningfulNameChange: A flashback reveals that Prince Charming chose to keep his brother's name, James, instead of reverting to his birth name when he revealed his identity to Snow, since that's the name he was using when he met her. [[note]] This is used to explain the CanonDivergence of Prince Charming going by James here while his canon self goes by David. [[/note]]



* PointOfDivergence: Prince Charming here regains his memories of the Enchanted Forest instead of succumbing to curse memories, as he did in the canon timeline.

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* PointOfDivergence: Prince Charming James here regains his memories of the Enchanted Forest instead of succumbing to his curse memories, memories as David Nolan, as he did in the canon timeline.

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* BrokenMasquerade: James and Snow break their curses in Chapter 1, and help other cursed characters do this throughout the story.
** [[spoiler: Prince Thomas, formerly Sean]] turns out to have broken his curse weeks prior, at the end of "The Price of Gold". Others, such as Jefferson, Adam, [[spoiler: Pinocchio and the Lost Boys]], were resistant to the curse from the beginning and have been [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade isolated or locked away to prevent them from telling]].
** Others, like [[spoiler: Marco, Archie, and Rose]] are told about the curse and choose to believe, despite not yet gaining their former memories.
** [[spoiler: Regina broadcasting herself crushing Graham's heart in the mirrors leads to TheUnmasquedWorld, though many don't regain their former memories right away as they haven't found their happy endings.]]



* HappyMarriageCharade: James and Kathryn. [[spoiler: Later, James and Abigail have one of these, pretending to be madly in love to throw Regina off the scent while carrying on with Snow and Fredrick respectively behind Regina's back.]] It also turns out that [[spoiler: Phillip and Aurora had one of these, as Phillip married Aurora out of duty and Aurora was in love with Phillip's cousin Lucas. They do appear to have been friends despite this, however.]]

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* HappyMarriageCharade: James and with Kathryn. [[spoiler: Later, James and Abigail have one of these, work together to do this, pretending to be madly in love to throw Regina off the scent while carrying on with Snow and Fredrick respectively behind Regina's back.]] It also turns out that [[spoiler: Phillip and Aurora had one of these, as Phillip married Aurora out of duty and Aurora was in love with Phillip's cousin Lucas. They do appear to have been friends despite this, however.however, and Phillip told Aurora the truth early on.]]
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