Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-62.47.5.233-20130531140725/@comment-5281989-20130602025402

again, though-- that's the point. the "worlds" are stories adjusted via artistic licensing, and I think we're just going to drive ourselves insane trying to figure out how the timeline works.

ten-to-one the writers have a vague idea of the timeline, but are really just making it up for now and will become more decisive/specific in later seasons.

Also: are we positive that Wendy's "World Without Magic" is the world Bae ended up in? I know that it was the world that Rumple aimed for the whole time, but consider: Rumple only knew he had to find a curse to get to a World Without Magic, where Bae was. If he, for instance, used something like his magic globe that showed him which world Bae was in, Bae could have easily jumped worlds to a different World Without Magic (ie ours) and Rumple's whole plan would revolve around getting to that one (as opposed to the one his son was actually originally sent to).

Just food for thought.