Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28842154-20160625073901/@comment-24674051-20160628171201

First, I don't think it's too late in the slightest.

While there have been 30-31 years pass, most of those years were under the Dark curse. time did not pass, except in the Land(s) without magic. Based on Liam's location, he would have either spent the Dark curse time in Storybrooke, or in the safe haven that Cora established. In either case, time did not pass in those realms.

And Killian meeting Regina happened when Killian was sent to retrieve Cora from Wonderland just before Regina cast t he curse. and while there is not a definitive time frame, My headcanon for those events are in the final week of preparation for casting the curse, so Killian had 1 week prior to the curse to deal with young Liam.

Since the curse was broken, KIllian has mostly been busy, with the exception of the 'missing year'. and much of his focus during the missing year was not making amends with his half-brother, but trying to erase the memory of a certain blonde savior, so I'm willing to cut him a certain amount of slack for that year.

And Killian is a much different person than the one that killed Brennan. Now that they are back in Storybrooke, with a bit of time on their hands (hopefully), the writers could conceiveably work in a short story of Killian searching out young Liam (Liam definitly would not search out Killian, at least not now), and seeking forgiveness. (that would probably be the first time they had one of the former villains actually seek forgiveness, which would also be good).

As for the idea of a tie-in with Henry & Violet. First, the concept of a teenage love triangle is just not good, imo. I would just prefer to stay away from that. Now, one thing that i wouldn't mind seeing is a quick Henry Flashback to SB under the curse, and seeing a constant aged Liam watching as Henry grew up, and maybe at some point Liam and Henry became friends. And it was Liam (or Henry's perception of Liam and the lack of change) that helped further the desire for Henry to seek his Mom.