I think Blackbeard might come into it but I don’t know if Hook gives up the ship entirely because it was in SB for 317 and he would still need it to get to our world.
Right, but isn’t 317 the Blackbeard episode? So the flashbacks could be how Hook got the JR back and travelled to our world.
I agree, KFC. It seems like how difficult it is to travel to realms depends on the character who’s trying to get somewhere (and how badly the storyline needs someone to get somewhere!). Rumple: Dependent on magic, magic alone only does so much – and as you said, he needed to get somewhere specific….which Cora showed in S2 can be tricky. ~~~~ Neal: “Lots of things make magic portals” and didn’t he say he got back to the EF because that’s what he was thinking about when he got sucked in? ~~~~~ Magic beans are gone, wait, there’s a bean, we can grow a bean farm! Yeah, the bean is all dried up but Lake Nostos will resurrect it! ~~~~ Ruby slippers/silver slippers/some kind of slippers! ~~~ So what I’m saying is, Neal didn’t seem to imply it was too difficult in 3×12, I’m guessing he’d find a way to get back if not stopped somehow…Snowing’s speech wasn’t that convincing…and if Hook thinks Emma’s in trouble, he’s going to find a way back (and doesn’t have Snowing’s oh-so-not-really-amazing speech to think about….! ) 🙂