Normal people die without their shadows. Fairies can survive if their shadows are returned. Rumple is something supernatural…and his shadow was gone when he killed Pan. Pan’s shadow was destroyed, so Pan could actually die–but remember, he said that Rumple could reverse it even as it was happening, so…
Anyway, they…they wouldn’t spend half an ep hammering in the Hope and then destroy everything without some glimmer of hope, would they?
Poor Belle. Poor Neal.
Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing