I don’t think they’ll let him die. I think it’ll just be a big secret he keeps hidden for awhile that will affect others around him and he’s going to have to learn not to keep things like that from the people he loves. Emma isn’t the only one on a quest here to find who she truly is and I expect Charming to go through a lot as well. It should make for some good father/daughter bonding once Emma learns of it though for sure.
I don’t remember hearing it in the episode regarding the arrows, but didn’t Hook say that the dreamshade he used on Rumple was a concentrated dose of it? So that should make Charming’s go a lot slower I would think. Poor thing will be suffering and hiding it. *sniff*
Maybe Emma’s untapped powers can help? She’s the Savior / Product of True Love & has magic but is just now embracing and learning it. Perhaps she’ll be able to heal him in a way that Snow or normal magic can. Perhaps it’s something even Rumple doesn’t know about, but love is strength, right? (Granted, Rumple wanted Cora dead so could have manipulated them into thinking that was the only way. And/or Emma’s magic was clearly not up to par and he couldn’t bank on her actually loving him so it was the only way, especially given that his TL who doesn’t have magic didn’t even know who he was at the time).
I agree though that we’ve seen a potion before that TL couldn’t break even though TL is supposed to be able to break any curse, but Lake Nostos was the way around that, so I’d like to think there’s a way around Charming as well. We’ve got too much invested in him for them to kill him off now, and there’s lots more drama to be had by having him alive and adjusting to how his not-so-little girl fits into his life.
So here’s to a speedy (1st half of the season anyway!) recovery to our Prince Charming. *passes out cookies*
Keeper of Hook's Trenchcoat.