Reply To: Emma + Baelfire = Swanfire

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(I can’t seem to spoil it out with the quote link 🙁 )

It’s wouldn’t be at all, because Rumple sacrificed himself to give his son another shot happiness, just not with him. To kill Neal off now would be to discount all of that S3 build up for Neal getting another go at things with his family and would also drastically alter Emma’s idea of home and would be the end of hope for a happy ending.

The fact that Rumple said what he did in 3×11 about Neal, and the fact that they went into season 3 knowing which character would die towards the end is HUGE to me.  I don’t see the reason at all for Rumple saying that and making a big deal about Neal’s happy ending. If it’s him, they knew it then. Why even put a line like that in there? I don’t know… there’s just so much IN THE STORY to point away from Neal. I’d rather not deal with technicalities of individual words and phrases and whatnot to try and get a clue about the death. I see it all and it makes me sad. And sure it makes me afraid. But I have to keep reminding myself of the logical side.. the storyline and what we’ve seen and the theme of the overall season. Adam says the word “Car” in an interview and people will think he’s trying to secretly say Neal is dying because we first saw him in a car. You know? It is so stressful for me to get involved with that kind of thinking. I choose hope. Even though I still get bothered by everything, even though I still get sad… I choose to remind myself of the things I’ve seen and the things that are certain and the things that I DO know. That’s how we stay sane in the midst of this craziness.