Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151019224255/@comment-26855145-20151023012729

Alright fine. Let's assume that Perceival didn't mean a literal boy and meant maybe teenager. Pre curse. It still doesn't explain why Camelot wasn't transported to Storybrooke and how noboody noticed 28 years passed. Mulan and co noticed 28 years passed and weren't living in a loop.