I just wanted to mention this in case there were any other CS shippers out there who love Bae dearly and wish they could love Neal as well in spite of the fact that they want Emma to end up with Hook.
I’m so conflicted about Neal nearly every single week. Sometimes he impresses me and sometimes he… well… disgusts me. And everything with regards to the disgust involves Emma. So i feel like now I can’t separate Neal as a character from the association with Emma.
I’d rather go along with what i’ve seen on the show and my own interpretation if you don’t mind! Because i feel like that’s the impression i’m SUPPOSED to get. I feel like there has been too many parallels with Rumple for them to be a coincidence. And some of his actions i’m going to find selfish/inconsiderate/cowardly no matter what way i look at them.
I’m hoping for a back story episode at some stage soon to shed some light on him and to flesh out his adult self. But i’m not too optimistic that we’ll get one to be honest – i feel as though the writers have already taken us through most of his past where it’s relevant to Emma. Although hopefully we’ll be seeing how PP manipulated Emma and Neal into being together.
Keeper of Captain Swan's first kiss