Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20161114025242/@comment-7526254-20161115142620

Eskaver wrote: Begfhn wrote: I believe the Dragon's age was mentioned as a factor. However, I would like to point out that he was not in Storybrooke during the curse. He must have left EF before the curse and thus spent 30 years in the LWM. If he is currently around 60, he would only be around 30 at the time of the curse (assuming his dragon-like abilities do not affect his age). This would make him too close in age to Mulan to be her father, but the perfect age to be Lily's father. He could very well be Mushu. This fits into the plot perfectly. Mulan met Phillip a few years before the curse. They went off to find Aurora. They needed to get past Maleficent and needed another daragon's help. This somehow could have led to a one night stand between dragon and Mal 9 months before the curse and resulted in Lily's birth. The dragon could've come to the LWM before the curse looking for Lily, but failed at finding her. He then took residence in China and became a doctor. Age could work differently. As for whever side comment Rumple made, Maleficent had a tree burning for half a century, I think. The Apprentice lived for five hundred plus years (aged to an old man and still lived life). Jiminy is like 80+ years old (even without the curse). I think it isn't beyond magic to have the Dragon be Mulan's father.

(And technically noone FTL or related so far aged during the curse).

Emma, Lily, and Pinocchio all age during the curse. Since he is a dragon, I'll ignore the age factor. But Mulan's father being a dragon doesn't sound right. He is supposed to be old and weak. If he is a dragon there is no reason he cannot fight in the war instead of Mulan, assuming we're going by the disney story. Also, the Mulan story probably only took place a few years before the curse, based on her age. She is not a dragon. If the dragon is Lily's father, we know he left the EF right before the curse.