Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20140804052626/@comment-4839682-20140805172229

Prince of Rascia wrote: As far as we know (and when I say we I mean casual viewers not we as hardcore fans lol), only people in Neverland and protected portion of EF didn't age because time stands still in the first one and it was the effect of the Curse in the other one. We haven't got any explanation about other lands except for the LWM which obviously wasn't affected. But we did learn that people from OZ, Wonderland and Victorian England didn't age during the Curse so the logical conclusion is that all lands were frozen in time (oh God frozen is getting a totally different meaning ). But casual viewers don't bother thinking about this so that's why they always need and actual on screen explanation.

OT: It's probably Blue Fairy who is blackmailing MR. Gold, she has some secret agenda after all, hasn't she :) I think you're overestimating "casual" observers. I doubt many of those who just watch the show on Sunday (and don't hear about things in advance) even really thought about people in other worlds not aging and the perceived timeline holes presented in Wonderland. If they even watched Wonderland at all.