Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-5679696-20141215164611/@comment-25355646-20150211181144

Jsuperman123 wrote: it's proves everything Actually it doesn't. Consider this, I counted all the tally marks on the wall in Belle's cell in 2x09 and the total is about 3 and a half years. The events of 2x09 takes place around late summer or early fall of 1983. So, Belle was captured by Regina 3.5 years before she casts the Dark Curse and Rumple killed the Fairy Godmother not long after Snow became a bandit. And we know Belle was still working for Rumple when Snow was a bandit because she was seen in the Dark Castle in 3x21.

So it looks to me lijke Cinderella, Ana, and Drizella went to the ball around the same time David slayed the dragon in 1x06 and then the events of Wx03 occured, Robin stole the wand from Rumple, Belle is later kicked out of the castle, and so on and so forth. So to me it looks like Snow was a bandit at least a couple of years.