Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26234227-20150716125329/@comment-25926288-20150716133057

I think it's just like that. Like a reverse Narnia. Narnia was quickly moving, but little time in the real world moved.

Camelot will slowly progress almost like not moving at all, but the time in other realms will continue on.

I will see that Camelot was never frozen during the Dark Curse because I'm sure Merlin wouldn't allow it.

Like let's say, Malcolm went to Camelot before Rumple was born, then Rumple went to Camelot after meeting Belle and to the people of Camelot, they came maybe a couple of days after one another.

This would explain why Merlin is still alive after thousands of years.