Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20171120155605/@comment-25926288-20180513154033

Nick Branson wrote: In Homecoming, WRumple said "wishes can be powerful things" meaning WRealm was created by the wish and hasn't existed before which means it changed the past and its interactions with other realms.

As for the aging doesn't make sense. They probably just made them the same age to save money on makeup. I think the aging thing (and who's in WR) is just some random plot element. The WR isn't really a realm where the DC wasn't cast or Emma wasn't the Savior because:

1. There are differences from before the DC

2. Emma was still the Savior, with her magic and memories under a slight fog.

The issue is:

1. Genies can't change the past. It's one of the three things that genies can't do in Once.

2. The only realm we see interacts with WR is NFTL.

So, NFTL apears to have a faster time flow (but we an't confirm until finale, etc). However, WR has irregular timeflow.

Basically, it would have been better if Old Nook had popped up and fathered Alice with Gothel...or they just had Gothel age him up with magic (so that we could argue that Nook fathered Alice the same day WR was created.)