Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7526254-20150520160921/@comment-7526254-20180519015451

The question is does time move faster or slower in Storybrooke than in NEF. Everything other than Robin's age seems to imply time moves slower in Storybrooke. However, Robin's age almost confirms that time moves faster.

Neal and Robin both grew up in Storybrooke. Neal is at least a few months older than Robin. If Neal is 7 in 7X02 (one year before "Some time later") and Robin is 18 in 7X11, then those events take place 11 years apart in Storybrooke. It is almost impossible to believe that that much time passes for Henry between meeting Ella and having Lucy. Thus I conclude, time moves faster in NEF. By how much is still yet to be determined. That still raises the question "How did Robin age 13 between Henry leaving SB and 7X11? If time moves faster in NEF, Henry would have to be significantly older than 31 when he has Lucy and that does not seem likely. My only possible explanation is that Robin didn't spend her entire childhood in SB. That might explain Regina's confusion over Robin's age in 7X10.