Test talk:Kellyanne/20 The Stranger Promo/@comment-4611874-20120425031342/@comment-4975807-20120427031911

28 years passed as in the fact everyone who was affected by the curse did not age because that is one of the effects of the curse itself. The curse affected everyone who was present in fairytale land at the time the dark curse was cast. Emma was the only one unaffected because she was put in the wardrobe and transported into the real world prior to the casting of the curse. That is why she was able to age and grow up physically while everyone else in Storybrooke--including Regina--stayed the same age. They were basically stuck in the time loop of no one getting old because that was one of the curse's effects. Henry was able to age because he came from outside of Storybrooke. Now that Emma has arrived in Storybrooke, and because she was predicted as the savior, she broke the time loop just by entering into Storybrooke. That's the symbolism of the clock tower chiming and beginning to move after Emma came into town. It shows that time has resumed, and things are changing. If Emma never came into town, time would've never moved forward. David would've stayed in the coma. Ashley would've never given birth. August would have never come into town.