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Begfhn wrote: That is the best explanation we have so far. It sill doesn't explain Neverland, but we can just go with the explanation that without time Neverland was not affected by the curse. It also doesn't explain why Will was hit by the curse, unless Regina has something against Will that we don't know about. Will was probably in the Enchanted Forest. Dialogue hints (mostly from Lizard and Catepillar) both suggest he left Wonderland before coming back. Now if he had just disappeared because of the Curse, they would've just assumed he disappeared, but they specifically knew he left.

As for Neverland, it's confirmed time doesn't exist there by in-show dialogue and thus not having time, was not Frozen by the Curse because its own magic already keeps it Frozen.