Reason Why Neal could be Bae

[karinca]

I don’t think he is Bal.
He is clumsy (phone out the window) and I think that is somehow an important clue to his identity.
The age doesn’t really match up. He was 14(?) when he came to ‘our land’ and here Emma is 17 (11 years previous). How do we explain Bal aging about 10 years from his Fairytale exit to being just a few years older than Emma 11 years prior to Rumple’s prediction to curse broken.
I do like the theory that he is Peter Pan and the suggestions behind that

About the book, I still think Snow wrote it in those last few months of pregnancy

[obisgirl]

@WeWereCursed! wrote:

After Tallahassee my friends and I were arguing a bit whether Neal is Bae or not. So I googled the name Neal Cassidy, thinking it sounded familiar, and found a synopsis for a book called On The Road by Jack Kerouse. It’s sort of a biography, and in it the character Dean Moriarty is a fictional version of the real life person, Neal Cassady.
On Wikipedia, the character description says that Dean grew up with an alcoholic and bum of a father, who he searches for periodically. He races from journey to journey, pulling other people along.

So, am I alone in thinking that it sounds like one of those far-fetched name connections the creators love? Or am in reaching way too far? Lol.

Interesting catch. Names mean everything on this show but the fiction Neal Cassady, his story sounds an awful lot Rumpel and Baelfire.

I’ve been e-mailing with my friend and she mentioned Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They were both thieves, similar to Neal and Emma.

@sariebelle wrote:

I am probably going way out on a limb here but have any of you considered that he could be Robin Hood? I will say that I do feel he probably is Baelfire, but the stealing aspect (even though it wasn’t exactly from the rich to give to the poor) made me think of Robin Hood. Just a thought.

You’re not the only one that thought that. Neal reminded me of Robin Hood too but I doubt that’s who he is.

[sariebelle]

I was watching it for the millionth time with my 7 year old and she shouted out “Mommy he looks like Aladdin!” Then it hit me….Aladdin was a thief. He was a very cunning man, a slick talker. I wonder if what August had in the box was a magic lamp. Just a thought. All from the mind of a 7 year old girl! Because I heard that some blond guy was cast as Peter Pan.

[faux pax]

I’m big on the Neal as Bae thing so i found a couple things that might really point towards his real identity.

First off (and perhaps the biggest clue) can be found here:

https://oncepodcast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=2004

Mad props to whoever found this.

Another thing that may point to Neal being Bae is the in the Official podcast they were asked about what was in the box and (i really wish i had time to go look for an exact quote) they said:

“What you should be asking is what could August know that would make Neal give up on the girl he loves?” Or something like that.

What really struck me about that was that they used the word “Know” not “have” which means that the object itself was probably a lot less significant then what it meant. Another hint that it might be the picture of the dagger?

Another thing to consider in the epic debate of Neal=Bae yes/no, is that Neal has a bad case of sticky fingers, something that didn’t seem a problem for Bae.

But think about this for a moment.

I only have a couple semesters of Psychology under my belt so correct me if i’m wrong, but isn’t it possible that Bae could have developed that as a way to feel closer to his dad? I mean the last night Rumple was really Rumple was the night he did the only non-cowardly thing in his life. He and Bae broke into the Duke’s castle. So maybe it’s like he’s trying (even if it’s just subconsciously) to remember the last moment he really had his papa.

The next one is a bit more of a stretch, but still worth thinking about.

Robert has said that he does a different accent every time we see Rumple to show how long he’s been around and how Rumple wants to be perceived by those around him.

During the scene with Neal and August, after August mentions Emma, Neal immediately goes on the offensive…and that is the only time you hear the deep jersey accent. Once he dropped his guard down a bit, so didn’t the accent. Perhaps Bae was doing the same thing as his father (after all, isn’t the Jersey accent supposed to be one of the ‘together’ sounding?)

Again i’ll admit that it might be a stretch, but MRJ is serious enough about his acting that i could see him throwing that in there for us.

What do you think?

[fairy dust]

I think you are very much on target Faux Pax…and I think your connection of the accent and Jersy is great.

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