Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24718835-20140322014026/@comment-24718835-20140323035742

My theory has always been that the first Dark Curse affected every single land but in different ways. The Enchanted Forest was completely ruined and all of its habitants were translated to Storybrooke without their memories. What happen in other lands, such as Wonderland and Oz, was that people stopped growing until the curse was broken 28 years later, and they stayed in their hoomelands, that is why both the Red Queen and Zelena are still young. And since the curse was broken everybody just started to grow again.