Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-27060727-20171014181959/@comment-25733960-20171211183350

Because they wrote themselves into a corner

-If there is a 10 years time jump then that means Drizella spent 10 years trying to cast the Dark Curse, Rumple has been looking for the Guardian for a decade, WHook and Alice haven't found out how to solve the poisoned heart thing in 10 years, etc

-If there isn't a 10 years time jump, then ieither Lucy appeared out of nowhere or they sped up the pregnancy AGAIN and they aged Lucy up to 10 years