Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-27295021-20170908232829/@comment-1916997-20170909040139

Ninclow wrote: 1) We know that the characters of the returning cast is cursed.

2) We know season seven will reveal why Henry has grown up while the other stayed the same.

1 + 1 = 2.

They MIGHT serve some other excuse, like time moving differently between TLWM and TEF/wherever it is Henry goes, but most likely they've just been cursed.

I sort of imagined Henry showing up in the LA area at the age of 28. :P While Henry might age more than other characters, all the characters will have aged some amount. Henry's aging was always going to appear more dramatic, because him going from 14 to 24 is a lot of a bigger deal than Regina and Hook going from 30 to 40 and Rumple going from 50 to 60.