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Eskaver wrote: Begfhn wrote: Is there a link to all the writers' facts about the timeline? (Preferably where I can post questions and get answers) No, I guess you can petition on Twitter them but I doubt they answer.

All I know is from them: 5x04 present day is 2 years after the 28 year curse (roughly) and Hamilton debut on Broad way 18 months earlier (which places Isaac leaving for its debut/early run in the beginng stretch of 2014 at best.

There’s not much else to glean, besides trivia points (like we know it’s November in HH at certain points due to props (which aren’t reliable) but is reinforced by the script.

So, Curse to 5x04 modern day is 2 years.

If you want to know anything about Henry, I’d postulate that Regina aged him up via cursed memories or something. Because it’s only 3B onwards where Henry is suddenly not his right age (and 3B present day to 6A is all within the same year (2013).

But the writers have some rounding issues that they do (like Ana was always 14, but one episode said she was 13. One episode Robin says she’s 18, but 8 years later she’s 25 which likely means she was 17 as she came around Licy’s birth). Interesting theory about Henry's age. Technically, his age was messed up in Season 2, when he claimed to be 11, though it was several months before his birthday. But I guess I can consider that a rounding error. Let's say Henry was origionally born in 2001. Then at the end of 3A when Regina gives Emma and Henry fake memmories, some glitch makes Henry believe he was born exactly one year earlier. This would solve a lot of problems. It would explain why Henry graduated in 2018.

Does 5X04 take place 2 years after Emma's arrival or her breaking the curse? It would make it either late 2013 or early 2014, which would make Henry's cursed age 13. Season 6 takes place during a new school year, so it must be late 2014, which is why Henry is 14.

3B takes place in 2013, at the end of the school year, since Henry is still 12. I guess the Frozen Arc takes place over the summer (ironically). Henry is in school again in 4X13, so that must be the new school year. Thus, Henry is 13 by then.

This would make Henry just under 13 when Neal is born and 13-13.5 when Robin is born. That all makes sense.

As for Robin's age, she could be 18 in 7X11. We don't see Lucy up close, so it is possible she is already 1 or close to 1.

This still doesn't solve the whole dilemna about Neal's age in relation to Hope and Henry. If we assume at the end of the finale that Neal is 8, then it is around 2021. 7X02 would take place around a year earlier, meaning Henry has been gone for only 2 years SB time. I still haven't figured out the timeline conversion between realms.

Why was Regina confused about Robin's age in 7X10? Zelena stated that she grew up quicker where she was, but from what we saw, they have all been in the same realm for 7-8 years and Robin has aged normally for that time.