The point is, I don’t see Neal falling for someone else the way he did Emma and neither does MRJ so it would require a lot of explanation as to how or why Neal would just suddenly swap out Emma for Tink, having just had this second chance at life realization that Emma is the one he loves.
yes!
Why show us that Neal loves Emma with enough substance to it to use a magic crystal ball to find her through that feeling, only to say Hah hah, actually he was just infatuated with her and just cares about her a lot?
Yeah the crystal ball is a huge thing in my mind. He uses the power of love to see her. I think that’s pretty significant.
If it is that Bae fell for Tink as a 14 year old boy and she’s been his crush since then and whatever–it just would feel like whiplash to me a bit more so than Hook who’s come off as less-than-genuine to me about his pursuit of Emma.
If anything his crush would have been forgotten after Emma. They said that Emma reminded Neal of Wendy which is why DarlingFire always frightened me a bit.
Astra: LOVELY gif set!