Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24663542-20140405132438

So I've been thinking about some possible theories behind the Well of Wonders and how it may help us to explain how the Dark Curse affected the different lands.

So far we have seen the Well in four different locations:

1) Wonderland

2) Agrabah

3) Enchanted Forest (Aurora and Philip's meeting in "New York City Serenade")

4) Victorian England (in the background in the final epilogue scene)

Now we have to presume that each of these have the same magical waters running through them, and there is the possibility to summon the same Nyx (as we have seen in both Agrabah and Wonderland). And I'd say it can be presumed that there is a Well of Wonders present in each magical realm. Therefore, Victorian England must have magic present, as there is a Well of Wonders.

Now, here's how it links in to the curse... in the original script for the pilot, Rumplestiltskin says that the curse is to affect all (magical) lands. (I have a feeling that this has been said somewhere else, but I can't quite remember). Therefore, this means that time was frozen in all of the lands, even if nobody is cursed and nor realises they're not aging. This would explain why Alice does not age for the 28 years of the curse, if she was in Victorian England. It would also account for her father, although that takes much less expalining. And it also gives and explanation as to why nobody in Wonderland ages (specifically Anastasia and Lizard).

I know if we ever see a Well of Wonders in Land Without Magic, this theory would be completely flawed... but let's just hope that never happens!

This is just my theory as I just really need a reason as to why Alice doesn't age... and this is the most logical explanation to me! If anyone can think of anything else, then please let me know! 