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Also, this answer upsets me, once again they make it look like Neal only connection in the show is about one ship and all about Emma, when he is related by blood with Henry and Rumple.
God you are so right. I mean, I was no Swanfire shipper, but it’s super annoying that the writers just ignore the fact that Neal was a major player in more than just Emma’s life.
I actually dread the possibility of a Neal cameo. I strongly doubt that the writers would ever off-center CS, but that’s not really the problem — Emma and Neal don’t have to be together. The problem is that the writers refuse to move beyond the whole Emma= Strong and Attractive But Secretly Brittle Female in Need of “Battering Ram” to “Break her Walls” ™ characterization. A Neal cameo would have to somehow further support this configuration, which… well, *bleah.* That’s distasteful on so many levels.
Also, I can only imagine what sort of havoc a Neal contorted to accommodate our latest I’mChoosingLove!Emma will wreak on Rumple and Henry’s characters. Now that Rumple’s headed back to Rent’a’Villain land, and Henry’s writing is an inconsistent and bland mess, the last thing the show needs is more “reversible” (ex) main characters that can be changed at the stroke of a pen to accommodate OUAT’s latest ship/plot (“shlop”?). So here’s to hoping that MRJ steers clear of this hot mess.
Though I think Kistowitz wouldn’t play it so close to the chest if Neal were coming back. There’s no way they’d pass up the buzz — looks like there’s plenty of it already. I can’t imagine that they’d resist the temptation to feed the fire if they had something up their sleeve.