Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20170103120839/@comment-91424-20170103135233

Aine1989 wrote: Nightlily wrote: The writers of the show have never been very good with math, and yeah, there are quite a few holes in the show's timeline (I've pointed out all of them - I think - on my own timeline here). But as for when they met: The flashback in "There's No Place Like Home", which takes place on the same day where they first met in "Tallahassee", takes place in 2001, according to a title card. See this image. So they met in 2001, and Henry was born in the middle of August, indicating that he must have been conceived not long after they met. If Henry was born in the middle of August, then that throws off 5 seasons of canon age. He was 11 in mid season 2, which was in March, so his birthday cannot be August. The title card is a mistake.

It's not that simple, I'm afraid. We don't actually know how much time passed between Valentine's Day 2012 in "Skin Deep", and "A Land Without Magic", the final episode of season 1. Emma and MM's stay in the Enchanted Forest in the first nine episodes of season 2 could easily have lasted for weeks (a plot point in "Child of the Moon", by the way, is that it's the first full moon since the curse broke). And, most important of all, in "Child of the Moon", David says, "A few months ago, everyone thought Mary Margaret was guilty of murder." So even if MM was arrested not long after Valentine's day, mid season 2 should take place several months later, meaning that it's perfectly possible that Henry is eleven, or nearly eleven (people sometimes round up their age) in mid season two (he is stated to be eleven in "The Cricket Game" and "Manhattan").