Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7526254-20170430003451/@comment-7526254-20171228163909

I'm not sure what to go off of. Colin said in an interview that Henry was 16, but that has proven to be unreliable in the past. Going off of the continuity of the show, Henry did not leave until at least 2020, after graduating high school. That seems to be a minor detail in the timeline. Emma, Regina, and Hook all appear to not have aged in 7X02, but that is only a few years after Henry leaves, at least in his timeline. From what we've seen, Regina has been with Henry the whole time, which should put her at least in her late 50s.

Ella is probably around the same age as Henry. She was born 18+ years before they met. She is already in her teens by the time of the curse in our world, meaning she probably aged slower, or did not age at all.

I have a possible, but unlikely theory. Maybe the curse affected NEF. As far as we've seen, all magical realms have been affected by the curse, though not everyone is aware the curse happened. The Wish Realm is an exception because it was created specifically as an alternate universe where the curse never happened. Maybe the curse was able to affect other books. This would put Ella and Drizella at around the same age as Henry, if time moved at the same rate.

I still can't make sense of the whole Rapunzel thing. We know she has visited many different realms, but she somehow grew up and escaped the tower before Cecelia died. We're just going to have to wait for the show to give an explanation.