I think she meant the fans as well as those characters, who at least SHOULD care (and who have expressed some grief, albeit limited considering what they lost), not fans of those characters.
However, I’m a big fan of Belle & Rumple, and I care desperately about Neal for Rumple’s sake. So it’s not wholly true that fans of those characters care nothing about Neal.
That’s exactly what I mean Keb.
Emma/Henry/Rumple are the characters who Neal meant the most too. Fans too. Whilst people didn’t necessarily ship SF, they didn’t want Neal dead. He still had potential especially for on-going storylines with Rumple and Henry especially now that it seems that Rumple and Henry will be spending more time together. Neal would probably be a bit wary of that since he wouldn’t want Rumple teaching Henry magic.
Naming the baby Baelfire would be even worse than naming him Neal. Baelfire was Rumple’s son. No way should “Baelfire is Charming’s son” ever be an actual thing.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix