Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20161114025242/@comment-25926288-20161115020701

Begfhn wrote: I believe the Dragon's age was mentioned as a factor. However, I would like to point out that he was not in Storybrooke during the curse. He must have left EF before the curse and thus spent 30 years in the LWM. If he is currently around 60, he would only be around 30 at the time of the curse (assuming his dragon-like abilities do not affect his age). This would make him too close in age to Mulan to be her father, but the perfect age to be Lily's father. He could very well be Mushu. This fits into the plot perfectly. Mulan met Phillip a few years before the curse. They went off to find Aurora. They needed to get past Maleficent and needed another daragon's help. This somehow could have led to a one night stand between dragon and Mal 9 months before the curse and resulted in Lily's birth. The dragon could've come to the LWM before the curse looking for Lily, but failed at finding her. He then took residence in China and became a doctor. Age could work differently. As for whever side comment Rumple made, Maleficent had a tree burning for half a century, I think. The Apprentice lived for five hundred plus years (aged to an old man and still lived life). Jiminy is like 80+ years old (even without the curse). I think it isn't beyond magic to have the Dragon be Mulan's father.

(And technically noone FTL or related so far aged during the curse).