Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-2153169-20171120155605/@comment-24304025-20180518105215

FrancisPaul wrote: One problem with that. WRumple had history with the WSeer, which, in OG EF happened much earlier than the casting of the curse. The fact that WBae was alive all those years later, allowing for WHenry to be his son, the fact that WHenry is still named Henry independently of WValet's existance or not etc.

One could argue literally anything, like: has WRumple ever killed WZoso? Hardly, since he shares the same Darkness with Gold, it means that there was no such WDarkness or WMerlin or WDark One until WRumple came into existance, already as a Dark One.

If Gideon can age 28 years in the blink of an eye, I don't see why would it be too hard to believe the WR history happened ultracondensed up to the point of Emma's birthday. It's not a concept the writers aren't familiar with. Gideon and Belle, let's not forget.

I believe it's simpler to say that the history happened, we just don't fully understand the time mechanics, than to say it never happened at all and must be just memories