Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33623316-20180520213207/@comment-34684159-20180520222625

I think of it as being like this: after WRumple was defeated, Zelena, Snow and Charming went back to 2018 Storybrooke and had their memories erased (or at least Zelena had). In the Wish Realm, Regina casts her curse, but adds it a time travel aspect, so the realms are only merged AFTER Zelena and Robin go to the NEF in "Secret Garden" (so, Regina, both Henries, Alice, Robin, Hook, Jacinda and Lucy time travel again), so around, I'd say... 2024? It matches with Hope's and Neal's ages (kind of...). About the NEF - which we've seen after that time and know it wasn't part of the United Reams -, it isn't completely sent to the United Realms, but a copy of it is there (as Gothel's Tower is seen). So, in ~2030, when Drizella casts the curse, NEF is "destroyed", and it is fully sent to the LWM. And, in ~2024, Regina and the others simply call Sabine, Drew, the HH people and Kelly (who lived full ~6 years after the curse is broken), and they all move to the United Realms. That's my headcanon anyway XD (Not sure if I was clear enough...)