I’ve often wondered; did Emma fall in love with Neal or with Baelfire’s essence, in other words, his heart and soul? After all, Neal IS Baelfire. IMO, Emma fell in love with Baelfire, known as ‘Neal Cassiday’ in the present day world. My intuition tells me Baelfire has not died. I also think AE & CO. have indeed shifted gears in respect to Baelfire and my sixth sense tells me it’s all good! Could be that Neal must live in the present day world as Baelfire for OUAT to evolve and for Emma to rediscover the man she fell in love with……Baelfire.
I’ve never once seen a disconnect between the two until 315 when he went horribly OOC. She knew him. She loved him. All of him.
I believe in happy ending for Swanfire :o)
🙂 You’ll have to carry us both because I find it hard to believe anymore. But..if you’re right then both you and Phee and @EmmaSwan get 104ut9ru38utri3e5983095u3 cookies (that’s a lot BTW)