Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20161205025332/@comment-24674051-20161229175515

Back to the subject of de-aging Gideon. Someone said that it's not fair for Belle to have a child her age or older. to that I ask "What about Snow and David?" is it fair for them? Emma grew up in a LWM and was able to grow up normally, while Snow and David were stuck, trapped in a land where time stood still. While we don't know all the rules of the Dark Realm, My current head-canon is that Gideon has experienced 19-20 (or however old he is) years of life. He was not magically aged, he was just raised in a different realm with different time rules.

So, is it fair? not really, no. but it is something that Rumple and Belle will need to deal with, and they have some freinds (well, ok, acquaintences) that have similar experiences. The Charmings. Snow and David can maybe help the Golds sort through some of the emotional side of it. And maybe that is a direction that the show needs to go, get Belle and Rumple to actually interact socially with the other characters.

My opinion and thought is that Gideon is who he is now, for better or worse, and will not be de-aged.