User:Nightlily/Timeline

'''   This is my own, personal mash-up of all the timelines on the show   '''

If you want to help out, feel free to correct any spelling and grammar mistakes. Minor revisions to the wording are also okay (in fact, I would appreciate the help, since English is not my mother tongue), but please do not make any other changes to the timeline without my approval. However, if you notice something that is wrong or should be added, you can notify me and I will look into it.

About the format

The number one canon on the wiki and my timeline is the show, the show and nothing but the show. '''Period. The end. Bye bye'''. Information from the writers, cast and crew can be used as a supplement, but if they state something that is contradicted by the show itself, the wiki and I go with what the show says. So please don't tell me that Rumplestiltskin is 300 years old just because Robert Carlyle said so, because that is not what the show says. Or, if Adam says in an interview that Emma's birthday is October 23: sorry, but no; according to the show, her birthday is October 22., not 23. However, there is one exception: When a writer actually states that the information found in a prop was a mistake (i.e. in "Hyperion Heights", Roni's contract says 2018 but it was supposed to say 2017) the wiki, and I, might choose to accept the writer's words as canon.

That is not to say, that the show's timeline is perfect. Sometimes the show makes mistakes and contradicts itself and I've done my best to note this when this happens.

Note that this timeline only covers events that take place on-screen; however, important off-screen events can be mentioned in story notes.

An ongoing problem within the show's timeline is that Rumplestiltskin's time as the Dark One and Hook's feud with the crocodile have, in many episodes, been described as lasting for centuries. This, however, leads to an anachronism when Baelfire comes to London and sees the Big Ben: Rumplestiltskin became the Dark One shortly before Baelfire traveled to London (with the feud with Hook beginning shortly after Baelfire left (read my notes for "Second Star to the Right" in Part One for more information), where Baelfire sees and hears the Big Ben. The famous clock tower was completed in 1859 and the bell's strikes were heard for the first time on July 11 that year. However, the present day events of the first six seasons of the show take place from 2011 until 2014/2015 and in order for "centuries" to be correct, Baelfire should have arrived in London in the early 1800. Since the so-called centuries have been mentioned so many times, I've chosen to view that as correct and the thing with Big Ben as a goof/anachronism, rather than the other way around.

''The entries for the present day events usually include information about the number of days that the story spans. Note that I use "days" as a designation for the period of time that passes from 12:AM at night (00:00) to 12:AM the following night (or possibly a few hours after midnight - they don't always tell us what time it is, even though it's dark outside). This means that if an episode takes place over the course of two days, for instance, it means that it starts on one day and concludes the following day, even though less than a 24-hour day may have passed.''

Enjoy :-)

=Timeline=

Part Two: The Decades Before the Dark Curse
A gap in the timeline of many decades

Part 3.1: Before Snow White and Prince Charming Met
''All of the stories listed in this section take place before Snow White and Prince Charming first meet face to face in "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts" (their first meeting takes place in "Heartless", but it's not face to face). Technically, the flashback with Marian in "A Tale of Two Sisters" and most of "The Shepherd" also belong here, but since these stories lead directly into the events of "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts", I've included them in Part 3.3, which focuses on their first meeting.''

Part 3.2: Before or After...
All of these stories could take place before or after Snow White and Prince Charming meet face to face in Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts". They include the following stories and storylines:


 * Jafar and Aladdin's story in "The Serpent", "Bad Blood", "Trust Me", "Street Rats" and "The Savior". These episodes take place at an unspecified time before Agrabah disappears in "A Wondrous Place" (which is not included in this section, since "A Wondrous Place" takes place after Prince Eric leaves for Agrabah in "Ariel", an event that definitely takes place after Snow and Charming meet).
 * The Evil Queen's meeting with William in the Out of the Past story "Ghosts".
 * Belle and Rumplestiltskin's story in "Going Home", "Heroes and Villains", Belle's fall from the curtains in "Skin Deep", "Changelings", the Out of the Past story "Truth and Dagger" and "Strange Case".
 * King Arthur's story in "The Dark Swan" and "The Broken Kingdom".
 * Cruella De Vil and the Queens of Darkness' story in "Sympathy for the De Vil", "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "Heroes and Villains".
 * The hatching of the seven Dwarves in "Dreamy".

Part 3.3: Snow White and Prince Charming Meet
This section focuses on Snow White and Prince Charming's first real meeting in "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts".

Part 3.4: After Snow White and Prince Charming Meet
These stories take place after Snow White and Prince Charming's first meet face to face in "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts".

Part Fourteen and a Half: Wish Realm / New Fairy Tale Land Interlude
''All that is known about the early flashbacks with Rapunzel, Gothel and Alice is that they take place before Emma makes her wish in "Wish You Were Here". The entire Wish Realm vs New Fairy Tale Land vs Land Without Magic timeline is so confusing (and the show has made zero attempts at explaining things) that I've created a separate, random section for these flashbacks, rather than try to find a suitable spot for them in a different section.''