Thread:Nightlily/@comment-31056761-20170115181847/@comment-91424-20170115185231

Hi Yon!

Thank you so much for your kind words :-) Don't worry, you posted your message where it should be: On my wall.

As for your question: Well, first of all, it is possible that people were simply rounding up Henry's age in "The Cricket Game" and "Manhattan" (in both episodes, he is stated to be eleven years old), and that these episode take place 2-3 months before his birthday. However, it is not impossible that these two episodes take place after his birthday. While we do know that Kathryn disappears in February 2012, and she was missing for a week (according to "The Stable Boy"), we don't know how much time passed between the episodes "The Return" (which starts on the day after Kathryn was found, according to dialogue between Emma and MM) and "The Stranger". "An Apple Red..." and "A Land.." take place immediately after "The Stranger", and we know that "Child of..." "takes place maximum one month after "A Land..." and "Broken" (due to the first full moon thing), but for all we know, MM could have waited several months before she went back to teaching (which she does in "The Stranger"). It is not entirely implausible; she went through a horrible experience, after all. Also, in "Child of the Moon, David says to Ruby, "A few months ago, everyone thought Mary Margaret was guilty of murder", which suggests that several months have indeed passed since Mary Margaret's ordeal. Some of this is already mentioned in various places in my timeline, but I think I'm going to add this info to my notes for "The Cricket Game" and "Manhattan", to make things less confusing.

So, there you have it. Hope that helps :-)