I don’t think using the Well of Wonders plot device as a loophole for reviving Neal or any other dead characters on the parent show is a good idea. Anastasia was an exception, not the norm, and even then it comes off as “way to break the dead is dead rule.
Well I don’t think it’s a good idea either. But I disagree with Ana being an exception, not a norm. There is a reason why it is becoming a joke for people who watch ONCE–because it keeps happening. Henry (TLK from Emma); Daniel (new heart from Frankenstein) Blue Fairy (throw a coconut into a fire); Rumple (dark magic at the vault of eternal goo); Ana, the first time (break the laws of magic); Ana, the second time (freely given water from the Well of Wonders as thanks for returning Amara’s waters and because it wasn’t Ana’s time to go). Now there are about an equal number or slightly higher number of people who have died and stayed dead (if we don’t count soldiers in battle) : Graham, Cora, Gus, GOAT (though Greg is open to interpretation with Adam’s interview comments), Pan, Neal. But that doesn’t change the fact that they keep breaking their own rules when dead is supposed to be dead, except in the case of breaking the laws of magic
That’s funny, I just added a list of these to my signature today XD. I forgot about the TLK one, I’ll add it.
You know what I can't continue with the dead people brought back to life list I'm out of space in the signature and now we have an underworld arc this is to much I quit why do you bring so many people back to life OUAT WHHHYYYY