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Where is Neal?

Home › Forums › Once Upon a Time › Season Three › 3×13 “Witch Hunt” › Where is Neal?

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  • March 16, 2014 at 9:07 pm #253300
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    And once again, Neal is missing.

    So, where is Neal? Locked up with Rumple? A flying monkey? In Oz?

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    "He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
    March 16, 2014 at 9:24 pm #253327
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    Personal headcanon

    I think Neal is locked up in the same place as Rumple. Zelena is torturing Neal to get Rumple to do her bidding. Watching his son being tortured has driven him mad.

    "He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
    March 16, 2014 at 9:33 pm #253331
    Cinders
    Participant

    Isn’t this kind of mirroring what’s going on in Wonderland? Rumple, Neal…..Ana, Will, in adjoining cells. I’m pretty sure you’re right about Neal being held captive in a nearby cell. She’s positively Wicked. I wonder if she captured Neal from the EF before her curse? Or from Storybook, after her curse.

    March 16, 2014 at 9:35 pm #253333
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    I wonder if she captured Neal from the EF before her curse? Or from Storybook, after her curse.

    I think from the EF before the Curse. I think Neal might still have his memories and sent Hook the message via bird

    "He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
    March 16, 2014 at 9:36 pm #253335
    Josephine
    Participant

    I would say yes, but they show Emma, Charming and the rest going into the root cellar and the cage is empty. If he was there then she’s moved him, too

    Part of me is really thinking he’s a monkey now. That him and Belle spent the year looking for Rumple and came close, but Neal was taken. That poor man can never have a rest. Really, that whole ‘Stiltskin family is great at being imprisoned, controlled, sucked down portals, abandoned. No wonder Belle fits in so well them.

    Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.

    March 16, 2014 at 9:37 pm #253337
    3princesses
    Participant

    I’m thinking Zelena has Neal prisoner, but in a different place than Rumple. She has somehow erased some of Rumple’s memories or what happened with Pan did, so Rumple doesn’t know he has reunited with Bae already . Zelena is using the dagger to control Rumple, but part of her motivation is to help him get back to Bae. She wants to be able to fulfill the reasons behind the last curse that Regina did even if she has to manufacture things like Rumple & Bae’s reunion.

    March 16, 2014 at 9:39 pm #253339
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    I’m thinking Zelena has Neal prisoner, but in a different place than Rumple. She has somehow erased some of Rumple’s memories or what happened with Pan did, so Rumple doesn’t know he has reunited with Bae already . Zelena is using the dagger to control Rumple, but part of her motivation is to help him get back to Bae. She wants to be able to fulfill the reasons behind the last curse that Regina did even if she has to manufacture things like Rumple & Bae’s reunion.

    WOW.

    I like this. If she could erase Rumple’s memories then Rumple would only remember that Bae was dead and now Rumple is being kept in a cage. That’s a recipe for insanity.

    "He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
    March 16, 2014 at 9:51 pm #253352
    PanTheMan
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    My first theory was this:

    Wicked Witch has Rumple, controlling him with the dagger. She forced Rumple to cast this new dark curse, using Neal’s heart. Ultimate revenge (especially if Rumple was her biological father). This would explain why Rumple seems to have gone crazy in Storybrooke. He killed his son.

    I really hope this theory is wrong. I’m a SwanFire shipper personally. I hope this isn’t the case.

    I hope he’s a flying monkey and Emma can break the curse.

    March 16, 2014 at 10:01 pm #253359
    RumplesGirl
    Keymaster

    Wicked Witch has Rumple, controlling him with the dagger. She forced Rumple to cast this new dark curse, using Neal’s heart. Ultimate revenge (especially if Rumple was her biological father). This would explain why Rumple seems to have gone crazy in Storybrooke. He killed his son.

    I would be lying if I were to say this hasn’t crossed my mind as well. But I just…can’t see them ending the Rumple and Neal story that way. It’s what started the show. To have it come to a close by Rumple murdering his son to cast a curse for a half season villain. After the sacrifice Rumple made in 311, to protect Bae and Belle, this would be a giant slap in the face. And for me personally, would be a loss of a lot of hope. you don’t come back from murdering your child.

    "He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"
    March 16, 2014 at 10:14 pm #253370
    lunatiger
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    pan14 wrote:

    Wicked Witch has Rumple, controlling him with the dagger. She forced Rumple to cast this new dark curse, using Neal’s heart. Ultimate revenge (especially if Rumple was her biological father). This would explain why Rumple seems to have gone crazy in Storybrooke. He killed his son.

    I would be lying if I were to say this hasn’t crossed my mind as well. But I just…can’t see them ending the Rumple and Neal story that way. It’s what started the show. To have it come to a close by Rumple murdering his son to cast a curse for a half season villain. After the sacrifice Rumple made in 311, to protect Bae and Belle, this would be a giant slap in the face. And for me personally, would be a loss of a lot of hope. you don’t come back from murdering your child.

     

    *Rocks back and forth* 🙁 No offense Pan14 but I loath this theory. LOL!  It did kinda cross my mind too, but it feels so abrupt to end Neal’s character arc after ALL that build up since SEASON 1! As if watching Season 1,2, and 3A was for nothing. I doubt they can give him closure within this season, since he wasn’t featured that prominently in this episode. It will feel so convoluted and rushed, after 2 1/2 seasons of development. :/

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