Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20161114025242/@comment-1916997-20161115032323

Begfhn wrote: I believe the Dragon's age was mentioned as a factor. However, I would like to point out that he was not in Storybrooke during the curse. He must have left EF before the curse and thus spent 30 years in the LWM. If he is currently around 60, he would only be around 30 at the time of the curse (assuming his dragon-like abilities do not affect his age). This would make him too close in age to Mulan to be her father, but the perfect age to be Lily's father. He could very well be Mushu. This fits into the plot perfectly. Mulan met Phillip a few years before the curse. They went off to find Aurora. They needed to get past Maleficent and needed another daragon's help. This somehow could have led to a one night stand between dragon and Mal 9 months before the curse and resulted in Lily's birth. The dragon could've come to the LWM before the curse looking for Lily, but failed at finding her. He then took residence in China and became a doctor. Based on Mal, dragons may not age the same as normal humans, and we also don't know when or how The Dragon got to LWM. Without these pieces of information, it is hard to tell, but I would lean towards the option that he has probably been older for a while.