Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170424005911/@comment-25375217-20170424025500

CoolDudeAl wrote: Hera Pan wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Where do people think this flashback falls on the timeline, btw. I think it is before Dorothy returns to Oz, but other people think it is after. Thoughts? They mentioned Dorothy, so after "Our Decay". The Stanum appeared broken in "Heart Of Gold".

Also, we know that "Heart Of Gold" takes place several years before the curse, because after that episode, Will and Anastasia's story needs to play out, because she was already the Red Queen when Grace (Jefferson's daughter) was like 2 years, and she was 6-8 (I don't remember well) by the time of the first curse. Dorothy appeared in "Kansas", so mentioning her only proves it was after that. The Tin Man appearing in Heart of Gold looks different from Stanum. Also, Stanum was left frozen in the middle of the forest, not on the edge of the yellow brick road. So I doubt they're the same.

I do think this takes place after Last Rites. Zelena would not assume that Dorothy was out to get her (when she asks if Dorothy put Stanum up to getting rid of her magic) otherwise as Dorothy would be in a completely different realm thinking Zelena was dead. Not to mention she was surprised to see Dorothy stand up to her in Last Rites whereas in this episode she assumes that she is - if she already expected Dorothy to stand up against her, why would she be surprised in Last Rites?