I I so wish that the Hook-Bae-Rumple triangle was the one the writers explored, because there is natural tension and drama and is not a clichéd love triangle. Oh, what might have been.
I agree. It would’ve been very interesting if Neal had still been teenaged Bae and Hook had exacted his revenge against Rumple, not by going after Rumple or shooting Belle, but by being a father to Bae (Like Hook tried to do with Peter Pan’s son in the movie Hook). That way, Hook hadn’t done anything “wrong” but you would know he was hitting Rumple where it hurts.
A Neverland spinoff would be a good hiatus filler and would answer all the questions that weren’t answered during the Neverland arc such as:
Why was Tinkerbell trusted by Pan?
How close were Hook and Bae in Neverland?
What was the “dirty work” Hook had to do for Pan?
How did Pan communicate with the Darling bros?
Was Wendy in the cage the whole time she was in Neverland or was she allowed out?
Why does Hook hate mermaids so much?
We could also get more Neverland background on Tinkerbell, Hook, Felix, Pan, Bae. Maybe see the Darling children’s rescue attempt of Bae that resulted in Wendy’s capture. We could even see other Neverland characters that Once didn’t have time for like Tigerlily. We could also see what Ariel was doing in Neverland.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix