Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20170803053127/@comment-25375217-20171024175222

What if Rumple and Belle go to the Dark Realm? That would explain how she's so old while Regina hasn't aged a day. Then we could also see them freeing some of those kids Emma didn't care about. It covers worldbuilding, plot resolution, and story consistency all in one!

Oh, I guess that rules it out.