Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-32423680-20180625010006/@comment-25375217-20180627151926

We know for a fact that some things can be different. Robin is 28 years younger than usual. Stealthy is still alive. Dopey is MIA. Rumple knew Belle was alive. Neal seemingly never left. Cruella and Pan were both there even though there's apparently no Wish Neverland or Wish 1920s England. Etc. So far, all of the parentage has been the same, but inductive reasoning -- "it's always been this way so it always will be this way" -- is unencyclopedic and careless to use. Deductive reasoning -- "some things are different, so potentially more things are different; we should use caution" -- is much more reliable.