Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5821891-20131031221624/@comment-5325802-20140322042259

Okay, I think I might be getting a handle on things, of course this is all still conjecture on my part.

First of all, the present day begins in the first episode post storybrook curse being broken. Now, considering the Knave had to have met Alice prior to being in Storybrook (interesting he was able to leave the town with Rabbit though), this means that Alice must be 35+ years old in the present day (I originally thought she was younger)

So here is my understanding of Alice's chronology with Wonderland:

7 year-old Alice follows the White Rabbit and drops into Wonderland. Her original adventure plays out and is eventually returned to her world. However, she then goes back numerous times to try and bring back proof. In one of these early child trips to Wonderland when she is 7-8 years old, she meets the Knave of Hearts and gets his heart back, likely AFTER Cora has left Wonderland with Hook. (Impressive for a child, but if she didn't do this as a kid, she would have to be over 50 years old in the present day).

I'm not sure how many to-and-fro trips Alice would have made between her world and Wonderland, but eventually she meets Cyrus much closer to the present day, which means this much has to be happening BEFORE Emma arrives in Storybrook. So then ALice has her adventures for possibly years with Cyrus until the Red Queen finally finds them and fake kills Cyrus. Alice then somehow returns to her world and is soon after put into the Insane Asylum, where she stays until the present day and the Knave breaks her out.

Now, here is Will and Anastasia's chronology with Wonderland:

Many years ago, Will joins Robin Hood's Merry Men to steal a Looking Glass for him and Anastasia, and they go to Wonderland BEFORE Alice first arrives in Wonderland. Anastasia plans to steal the crowned jewels but turns around and becomes engaged to the Red King. During planning for the wedding Will tries to get Anastasia back to her senses but is instead met by Cora, who takes his heart on his request. For a while, Will goes around doing who knows what to anger pretty much everyone in Wonderland so that he can get by, and becomes known as the Knave of Hearts. Somewhere down the line, he meets Alice, and she gets his heart back, but never puts it back inside him and he doesn't see Alice again. He continues living his life, probably at some point going back to the Enchanted Forest to escape his persecutors, and is caught up in the Curse when cast by Regina. When Emma breaks the curse, Will remebers his life but doesn't really care until the Rabbit appears and tells him Alice needs his help. (Again, quite interesting he was able to leave with Rabbit this way and keep his memories).

And finally, Cyrus and Jafar's chronology with Agrabah and Wonderland:

According to Cyrus when he was about to propose to Alice the first time, he has been a genie for 100 years or so. Before becoming a genie, Cyrus cheated at cards until it one day got his mother Amara injuried. To save her, he and his brothers get water from the Well of Wonders and it heals her completely. (I assume the effects of the water were somewhat similar to the Fountain of Youth, otherwise I don't see how she could have lived for the length to meeting Jafar, let alone be his lover without it looking very very creepy.) Cyrus and his brothers are then curse to become genies and scattered. Amara begins to dedicate her life to finding them again, but has horrible luck until Jafar comes to her, she trains him, and he helps her. Together they collect two of the three bottles and just miss Cyrus's, which is taken to Wonderland not long before the present day. Jafar turns Amara into the Serpent Staff and continues to search for the third bottle until he too ends up in Wonderland, but not before Alice already found Cyrus and hid his bottle. Jafar teams up with the Red Queen and fake kills Cyrus, and then continue to search for the bottle until the present day.