Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170313005929/@comment-30389283-20170313141359

Wicked Wizard of the West wrote: Lady Junky wrote: Just an idea/a theory like that.

Pleasure Island had dealings with Neverland. Hook said it.

What if Pleasure Island is a trap, run by the Black Fairy, to get more children? Would explain why it has links with Neverland, could force her ex husband to help her somehow? And maybe Pleasure Island is the Dark Realm itself, as Rumple said something similar in the episode. The wonky time here will also explain how Pinocchio's age seems a bit weird. (Even though being a puppet is a logical explanation, I'm still not 100% convinced that Pinocchio stayed at Pleasure Island for 20 years) I don't think he stayed in PI for 20 years? When was that implied?

From what I understand, he just escaped and probably returned home later, until many years later he was transformed into a real boy.