Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5821891-20131031221624/@comment-5325802-20140324002959

First off: I don't recall Rumple saying anything about time EVER. Please tell me the episode he supposedly said this so I can find it.

Second off: Bealfire was in NEVERLAND for all that time, that's why he didn't age.

And Third off: I'm actually pretty sure seeing the apple drop directly from when Snow bit the apple into the Queen's hand in the present day was just a clever visual scheme, the magic of the apple could easily have kept it from rotting for 28 years, and then it could fall through the portal made by the Mad Hater in present day into Regina's hand.