Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33446972-20171216221143/@comment-1295345-20171217140645

Eskaver wrote:

Anonymius wrote:

Eskaver wrote:

Anonymius wrote: I don't think the writers care about mechanics as much as certain fans do, as we've seen again with the last episode, at least they're second to the story. Heck, even Rumple managed to time travel with ease, when at the end of beauty he had to travel 'to the moment when the guardian is waiting' for him. Like ten years early. That wasn’t time travel that Rumple did. All he did was take a portal. His fancy words were just flowery for “Now I will leave the Edge of Realms at the exact moment required.” Not going into the past, but waiting to leave and go to NEF. When he said 'go to the moment' it sounded like time travel was involved. Also when Henry was asking about his family from what Regina told him Rumple was still in storybrooke yet he was also in NEF. That’s an inconsistency then. Rumple’s words about going to the moment wasn’t literal. It was put there to help the audience imply either Alice or Henry was the Guardian. He didn’t travel back in time. Really because that's what it seems. You can't just ignore what a character said and write it off as a mere 'inconsistency' just because it contradicts with how you think magic works (because as I've said repeatedly, the writers don't care about mechanics being consistent). Maybe time travel magic was more advanced where he came from.