Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7526254-20170430003451/@comment-7526254-20180325202648

Alice escaped from the tower on her seventeenth birthday. Then she explored Wonderland and other places before meeting Henry at the ball. Henry then had enough time to rescue, fall in love, marry, and have a baby with Cinderella. Then Tiana saves her kingdom and Robin arrives. These events clearly take over a year.

It was confirmed by Zelena in 7x10 that time moves differently in different realms, although she and Robin were supposedly in the same realm as Regina and Robin aged normally from 18 to 25. It is unlikely that Henry aged at the same age as Robin, but there is no proof.

Andrew J. West is 34, so it's not too much of a stretch making him 38 at the time of the curse. Diana Ramirez is 38, so Ella could be in her 40s, although then it would not make a lot of sense for Jacinda to give up custody of Lucy, as she was clearly old enough to raise a child.

Here's what we know. Ella was around 16 when Anastasia died. After that, Alice was born. She spent 17 years in a tower, then escaped and went to WL for an unspecified amount of time. I am going to assume that time is frozen there. She escapes in time to meet Henry, who is at least 20 at the time. (There's no possible way he could be younger.) This makes it at least 38 years since the curse was cast. If time moved at the same rate, Ella would be at least 54. That is definitely not possible. Either time moves slower in NEF or Ella and Drizella were frozen in time for many years. If the first is true, time would have to move at least 4 times as fast in our world to make Ella close in age to Henry. This would, however, mean that Henry has been gone for only about 3 years when Robin turns 18. This would make Henry 21, which is not possible because he has already gotten married and had a child and looks significantly older than when he left. The rate of time must be constantly changing.

As for Emma, Hook, Regina, and Zelena, they have access to magic and could have easilly made themselves look younger. Although, it is unlikely if Emma is in her 50s that she would just be having a baby now. I need some more information before I can make a conclusion.