*prepares for this to become a hot bed issue* lol
I don’t know. Believe what you want.
Desperate souls to do desperate things.
Do I think Neal will be tempted? Absolutely. Do I think Charming might be? Yes. Do I think Hook might be? Yes.
You do what you do in the name of family and love. It’s what this show has ALWAYS been about.
Do I think Neal will “go super dark evil man?” No. Where’s the hope in that? If he goes super dark evil man and then maybe dies–that’s not hopeful. Not for one of their originally conceived characters, death or no death, ship or no ship. Pan and Cora were villains from the start, doomed to meet an untimely end because they went against our heroes for selfish reasons. Neal will absolutely be tempted. But he won’t falter.
But believe what you will.