Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24304025-20150202171011/@comment-23962251-20150204170511

Eskaver wrote:

FrancisPaul wrote: So you think EF, Wonderland and all could not even move or talk until Emma entered Storybrooke? That's interesting. Frozen in place, not just in time... Yeah! For example, I think Cora arrived at the Safe Haven and hastily put up the protection spell. After, Emma entered Storybrooke. The safe Haven was founded, hosting strangers and refugees in their camp. This gives time for Cora to rip out Lancelot's heart and pose as both. Robin Hood and his merry Men travel and inhabit Rumple's castle and stuff. I doubt all these things happen in a week or two.

Also, Cora said to Hook that he wouldn't notice it. Therefore, unlike Neverland where time stands still and you are aware of it, everything and everyone stood still until Emma entered. Unless it is actually when Emma broke it, but why start time in one place and not the others?

Side-Note: Even in Wonderland, Ana mentions taking control of Wonderland and Jafar entering Wonderland and establishing his tower couldn't happen in a couple days (Cora left, played dead, headed to Safe Haven, DC happens, Broken for a day and Wraith, Will and Alice come to Wonderland), probably a few months.

Victorian England would notice something weird going on if time stood still, in what appears to be a low magic realm.

I am so glad that I join this forum. Because without explanation from  otehr posters like you, I would be so clueless with the timeline. :D