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WwkedWarlok wrote: Does anybody know when the flashback take place?

This has to take place after the first curse because Zelena is the same age as 3x20, but Dorothy grew up since that episode

So while Oz was frozen in time to due to the Dark curse, Fictional Kansas wasn't effected by it.

That's the only thing that makes sense. lol It's not 100% clear, but I'm of the opinion that the flashbacks take place within the year prior to Regina casting the Dark Curse. She was in the EF waiting for Regina and Company to return at the beginning of 3B, which was no more than 1 year since Emma weakened the curse (and probably less than a year).

Kansas occurred several years prior to the Dark Curse, most likely around the time when Regina was a Young Queen. Maybe not too long after she was married. Dorothy and Snow appear to be close in age, and I figure there is probably around 2 years difference in age between Regina and Zelena (with Zelena being the elder). so the age differences match up fairly well with that reckoning.

And I suspect we have not seen the end of Dorothy, and if she does turn up again, we can use her apparant age then (along with any addition information) to help further identify where in the time line the Oz events occur.

And on the subject of Dorothy, I'm curious about her. Hades mentioned that she seemed to be quite powerful (review Hades and Zelena's conversation in Munchkinland). I wonder in what way she is powerful? Is it in a similar way as Snow is powerful, or is there more to Dorothy that we haven't seen yet?