Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20170103120839/@comment-25926288-20170106164322

Aine1989 wrote: Eskaver wrote: Lol, the wanted poster isn't his date of birth because it's faked. He was born in a completely different world in the 1800s.

Why do you think those skills take long to master? He doesn't need to know about border control becausethe flyer/government thinks he was born in New Jersey. The Average American has no idea how everything functions according to border control. Also, Bae was 14, not 15. All he needs is someone who knows what they are doing and he's set. Unless, we believe there's no thieves, people that drive, underground circuit, irresponsible employers in the LWM.... I put Bae leaving Rumple at 15 bacause a year is enough time to get fed up with his dad's darkness and seek a way out.

Why do I think that navigating a completely new world would take a bit longer than 3 years? He knew how to drive for pity's sake, and learned how to hotwire a car. Becoming a full blown criminal takes time

Also, he had a job a few years before Emma, which he then had to presumablt get a background check for and needed ID, so he'd have had the knowlegde and money to get that done.

And if his age was wrong on the poster we'd have been told.

Plus when he was reinventing himself he would have picked an age that was closest to his own. Most likely, he was picked up by social servies and obtained an ID close to his actual age. The poster should be disregarded because it's fabricated. We don't have to get told that a flyer that has false information is fake. The name on it was fake. The birthplace was fake. The birth year is fake (because he was born in th 1800s), so I'd disregard it. The only way we could officially tell how old he is is when he escaped Neverland (which we don't know). So, I agree that it is close, but not exact.

He was a petty thief. Emma learned to be a thief from him in like a month or two, so there's that. I'd put him around 19 to 22.