Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20171120155605/@comment-1581533-20180513175338

Nick Branson wrote: Eskaver wrote:

Nick Branson wrote: In Homecoming, WRumple said "wishes can be powerful things" meaning WRealm was created by the wish and hasn't existed before which means it changed the past and its interactions with other realms.

As for the aging doesn't make sense. They probably just made them the same age to save money on makeup. I think the aging thing (and who's in WR) is just some random plot element. The WR isn't really a realm where the DC wasn't cast or Emma wasn't the Savior because:

1. There are differences from before the DC

2. Emma was still the Savior, with her magic and memories under a slight fog.

The issue is:

1. Genies can't change the past. It's one of the three things that genies can't do in Once.

2. The only realm we see interacts with WR is NFTL.

So, NFTL apears to have a faster time flow (but we an't confirm until finale, etc). However, WR has irregular timeflow.

Basically, it would have been better if Old Nook had popped up and fathered Alice with Gothel...or they just had Gothel age him up with magic (so that we could argue that Nook fathered Alice the same day WR was created.) Genies can't change the past but like seriously...

Laws of Magic being broken: (not counting Jafar or gods)

1. Change the past- Zelena, Coven

2. Make someone love you- not really used but probably can

3. Resurrect- Maleicent, Ana, Rumple, Garhardth

4. Blood Magic- Coven

The laws are flimsy and can easily be broken considering "magic can't do these things".

Maleficent never died, actually. As for Gerhardt, you could say he was revived, but only his body was, while his soul seemed to have passed away since he acted on animal instincts. Rumple was a Dark One, so that was a specific case.

Zelena could time travel, but she had to summon a powerful spell to do so, one which took her many years of studies and researches. Not sure how the Coven could, so I'll just assume they collected the time travel spell ingredients offscreen.

The well of wonders (which revived Anastasia) was specifically said to be able to revive people; at the same time it was said that Genies can't break the laws of magic and Aladdin was never said to be more powerful than the other Genies, so there is no reason to accept the notion that Aladdin could change the past when he created the Wish Realm.