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Serioudly they couldn't kill off Hook? He has basically been reduced to Emma's boy toy. I can't help but blame the writers for bending to the fans' peer pressure and killing off Neal. He as character had SO MUCH potential and they just squandered it. He is Baelfire! He could have been amazing, he could have been a hero, a sneaky son of a b---h (his father is Rumplestilskin) just ... I'm so mad. It feels like they just used him as plot device throughout the show and not an actual person, albiet fictional.

And the way he died, seemed almost demeaning to me. I get that it was heroic to some, but to me it was basically "So you guys don't need me so I'll let you have my more useful to you sorcerer daddy." And Belle and the bonding for the man they both loved! He didn't even get to say good bye to Henry. He was his father for 3 days! That's all he got. From New York to the end of Going Home was about 2 week, 3 if we're being generous. And Regina had him for 10 years and, with what I percieve as aftereffects of the memory potion, an inability to truly love him a mother should. I'm not saying she didn't it but in a very selfish way. Why Neal? Just why? And why not Hook? I'd have even mildly accepted anyone else. A Charming death wouldn't have been so bad, right?

And don't get me started on him and Emma, my poor swanfire shipping heart.