Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31427137-20170504145352

 In "Sympathy for the De Vil" flashbacks occur before "Heroes and Villains" in which Belle is still a prisoner of Rumplestiltskin. As said by Belle later she stayed two months arrested and "Broken Heart" which occurs just before "Heroes and Villains" happens three years before the curse. Therefore, we can state that "Sympathy for the De Vil" occurs at least four years before the curse (or more, if we take into account the age of Cruella and the episode "Darkness on the Edge of Town"). Anyway, in "Sympathy for the De Vil" Isaac says that the story of Cruella is very similar to that of Cinderella. The story of Cinderella only occurred later, shortly before the curse (since Snow and Charming are a real couple). Even at that time, she could already be mistreated by stepmothers and half sisters, but the nickname "Cinderella" came only in that time before the curse. Based on, could authors travel in time or perhaps the stories and for what reason would it be, theories?  