Something’s missing…
Yeah, and his name was Nealfire.
Yep.
I don’t think A&E realize that we’re not just missing a hole in the story of SwanFire, which could have been great, but by killing him off we lost potential plots involving Rumple and Henry obviously, but non-romantically, him interacting with Regina. Their learning to parent their child together would have been interesting and I’m not talking about in a romantic sense at all. I think in season one her biggest nightmare besides Emma being there was Henry’s father showing up and taking him away. Emma gave him up, but there was this wildcard of the unknown father.
That’s the reason Neal’s death makes so many people angry. Not the loss of a ship. But the loss of the heart of the show. That thing that tied everything together, literally, is now gone.
I wonder how long the GA who think Neal is coming back will hold on before they realize that he’s gone and not coming back.
Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.