Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

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@rainbow wrote: Based on the latest spoilers, on the SDCC sneak peek and based on that A&E answer at the article, cross my mind, they probably wont, but if they wont try to parallel Yasmine and Aladdin with Neal and Emma, not in all parts obvious, bc they cant piss Cs fans, but in the sense that they may finally tell why Neal had to leave Emma to be savior, how he couldnt be with her, bc bad things would happen, since they finally going to talk about the savior thing, and by this i dont say they actually planned, simply saying that they some how show Yasmine having left Aladdin to fufill the savior role, bc like Jafar says says, saviors dont have their own happy ending and with A&E saying that thing about Sf or MRJ back for flashbacks, if this wouldnt be an opportunity to show what bad things would happen. It wont happen, but they would have the chance to finally explained or tell than untold story.

Sadly, I think you’re probably right, as I also wrote here. If they brought back MRJ to play Neal in another flashback, it’d probably just be to show why Emma and Neal couldn’t be together because of her being the savior. While it would further vindicate why Neal had to leave Emma in the first place, fans of Hook still wouldn’t see it that way. They’d argue he was just a jerk who abandoned Emma. It’d also be very bittersweet for Neal and Swanfire fans, who already know the true reason Neal gave up his happy ending was so that Emma could find her family. It’d be loving and moving, but all the while, the writers would only use it to reveal that Emma couldn’t be with Neal because of her role as savior and she couldn’t be with Neal now because he’s now dead, and his soul at peace in heaven. She will, however, be able to get her happy ending with Hook because of some magical, ad hoc loophole or plot device similar to when Zeus brought back Hook from the dead for unbelievable reasons. I’m sure I don’t want MRJ to come back just to set up Emma’s future with CS. It’d just be a tease for SF fans, another painful what-might-have-been kind of scenario that the writers will pretend is the way they always intended it to be. I hope MRJ has the sense not to return for that.