Lutesse

Yes, and I guess Rumpels also didn't know the "where" Bae would land, since he was making plans to travel the world in search of him. He was only able to determine the approximate time and place of Bae's arrival in our un-magical land.

Maybe I missed something, but why do you think Bae arrived at the same time as Emma?

celesstarr

I think I remember that you can get to Neverland thru a portal from Jefferson's hat and Jefferson confirmed that you can only go through "magical" realms through his hat. That's why Rumple couldn't use Jefferson to get to Bae.

celesstarr

Hey guys, remember that Rumple said he crossed "time" and "space" to find Bae (he said it to August when he thought he was Bae). So that magic bean allowed Bae to cross time and space. Rumple's curse brought him to the exact time and "space"(earth) that Bae was in. Meaning, Bae is now whatever age he was when he crossed plus 28 years of frozen storybrooke time. Emma crossed right before the cuse hit and so is also 28 years.

Bae's age: probably around 40

Jamie Choate

I'm not sure I trust the blue fairy. She crossed the Charming's so who's to say she wouldn't do the same with Bae?

Lutesse

^ I always wondered if BF had her own agenda.

Jamie Choate

That makes sense. But now more than ever I wouldn't want Bae to be Henry's father. That means he would have been 29-30 when he met Emma at 17 correct? I know that happens in real life but that's just icky to me.

PrincessB

now that you said that, it convinced me he could be Neal.

Dayumm, bring on Sunday, I cant wait any longer

Serenachan

That's it though: I don't think *Bae* landed at the exact same time Emma did. I think *Emma* landed at the same time Bae did, because that's how Rumple designed the curse. The curse was designed to find Bae, and Rumple is convinced Bae is out there in the world, not Neverland - so unless they want to tell us that Rumple spent 300 years planning and then didn't even bother to check if he was going to the right world, I'd say Bae has to be here

I don't think she really crossed the Charmings, yeah she lied to them but her intentions were to help them. If it weren't, she would have used the tree and saved herself, and eff anyone else.

BTW, there's a mistake in the title - ONE instead of Once can that be fixed?

iamFez

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I think it's a dead cert he'd be back anyway since he appeared in Broken and got that postcard.

ElizaSparrow

Because a lot of people are assuming he's around August's age and that he IS Henry's father... If it was the case then it would mean Bae arrived approximitavely the same time Emma did (with the curse) and knowing that he was 13 back then, then he would be: 41 by now

But to me it doesn't make sense that Rumple would know what time exactly Bae came to our world I don't see how he could have known that and even the BF didn't seem to know exactly when or where he went. I know Rumple knew a lot of things, and that he planned all that to get to "a world without magic" but I still don't think he knew for sure that he'll get to Bae when he'd be an adult...

Well... I would still need an explanation as to how Rumple knew the curse would bring him back to our world at the exact same time Bae did After all the Blue Fairy did tell him there was a curse, but she never told him the curse would allow him to cross "space" AND "time" like the bean did, so I don't see how Rumple would assume the curse would bring him to our world at the right time. Except if he had a magic mirror or something that would allow him to see Bae, but it doesn't seem so. I just think some things wouldn't make sense if it was the case

And you're right! I didn't even notice

Serenachan

Well maybe he just put a Bae seeking clause in the curse? He wrote it so the curse would go to Bae's time and place.

Jamie Choate

Happy to hear MRJ will be more involved this season. I think there's a lot of interesting storytelling to be had there.

I normally don't have a problem with age differences between a couple but am I the only one disturbed by the thought of a 30 year old Bae getting a 17 year old Emma pregnant? Assuming Bae is the father. Crap. I can't get that out of my head now.

It was also pointed out to me that Tallahassee was after Henry was born so maybe we'll get another Emma flashback episode in the future to explain why she spent 2 years there. Something had to be important there for her to stay 2 years.

ElizaSparrow

But why not come to our world 28 years before Bae came in then? That way once the curse would have been broken Rumple would have been able to see his son exactly at the same age as when he lost him?

Yeah, obviously the 30 old Bae thing with 17 Emma is kind of creepy ^^ That said, I guess whoever the father is, it'll be kind of creepy since he's meant to be a FTL character I think

iamFez

They can easily have him a little bit younger by the time and space thing. I don't know. I just know I'm shipping Neal and Emma so hard right now even if he's Bae or not.

Magic Mirror

I think you guys are taking this unverified age difference a little too seriously. Besides, Rumple is centuries older than Belle. We don't really know Bae's age in our world. Emma hooking up with a 30-year old man is not inconceivable given her troubled life and childhood. She was a thief after all and clearly in the wrong, though understandably young and foolish. Considering some of the Disney princesses are 16 or so when they meet their prince and get married, I think the age above 16 is not too bad as far as fairy tales go, although certainly not good in real life.