User:Nightlily/Timeline

'''   This is my own, personal mash-up of all the timelines on the show   '''

If you want to help out, feel free to correct any spelling and grammar mistakes. Minor revisions to the wording are also okay (in fact, I would appreciate the help, since English is not my mother tongue), but please do not make any other changes to the timeline without my approval. However, if you notice something that is wrong or should be added, you can notify me and I will look into it.

About the format The number one canon on the wiki and my timeline is the show, the show and nothing but the show. '''Period. The end. Bye bye'''. Information from the writers, cast and crew, can be used as a supplement, but if they state something that is contradicted by the show itself, the wiki and I go with what the show says. So please don't tell me that Rumplestiltskin is 300 years old just because Robert Carlyle said so, because that is not what the show says. Or, if Adam says in an interview that Emma's birthday is October 23: sorry, but no; according to the show, her birthday is October 22., not 23.

That is not to say, that the show's timeline is perfect. Sometimes the show makes mistakes and contradicts itself and I've done my best to note this when this happens.

Note that this timeline only covers events that take place on-screen; however, important off-screen events can be mentioned in story notes.

''The entries for the present day events usually include information about the number of days that the story spans. Note that I use "days" as a designation for the period of time that passes from 12:AM at night (00:00) to 12:AM the following night (or possibly a few hours after midnight - they don't always tell us what time it is, even though it's dark outside). This means that if an episode takes place over the course of two days, for instance, it means that it starts on one day and concludes the following day, even though less than a 24-hour day may have passed.''

Enjoy :-)

=Timeline=

Part Two: The Decades Before the Dark Curse
A gap in the timeline of many decades

Part 3.1: Before Snow White and Prince Charming Met
''All of the stories listed in this section take place before Snow White and Prince Charming first meet face to face in "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts" (their first meeting takes place in "Heartless", but it's not face to face). Technically, the flashback with Maid Marian in "A Tale of Two Sisters" and most of "The Shepherd" also belong here, but since these stories lead directly into the events of "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts", I've included them in Part 3.3, which focuses on their first meeting.''

Part 3.2: Before or After...
All of these stories could take place before or after Snow White and Prince Charming meet face to face in Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts". They include the following stories and storylines:


 * Jafar and Aladdin's story in "The Serpent", "Bad Blood", "Trust Me", "Street Rats" and "The Savior". These episodes take place at an unspecified time before Agrabah disappears in "A Wondrous Place" (which is not included in this section, since "A Wondrous Place" takes place after Prince Eric leaves for Agrabah in "Ariel", an event that definitely takes place after Snow and Charming meet).
 * The Evil Queen's meeting with William in the Out of the Past story "Ghosts".
 * Belle and Rumplestiltskin's story in "Going Home", "Heroes and Villains", Belle's fall from the curtains in "Skin Deep", "Changelings", the Out of the Past story "Truth and Dagger" and "Strange Case".
 * King Arthur's story in "The Dark Swan" and "The Broken Kingdom".
 * Cruella De Vil and the Queens of Darkness' story in "Sympathy for the De Vil", "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "Heroes and Villains".
 * The hatching of the seven Dwarves in "Dreamy".

Part 3.3: Snow White and Prince Charming Meet
This section focuses on Snow White and Prince Charming's first real meeting in "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts".

Part 3.4: After Snow White and Prince Charming Meet
These stories take place after Snow White and Prince Charming's first meet face to face in "Snow Falls" and "Snow Drifts".