Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130203025813/@comment-3012002-20130212115731

Why is everyone so convinced that Neal is Baelfire? Where's the proof from the episodes that have aired already? Just because Neal's name has three letters the same as Baelfire's  but that doesn't mean that its him. I seriousy think you're all hoping that it is. Remember, the writers are the ones that were responsible for the twists and turns in LOST, at least the producers are anyway. I don't get why people are hoping for something that will probably never happen. I've learnt the the hard way from every show that I watch.

Here are my reasons why I don't think Neal is Bae:

1. If he was Bae wouldn't he have remembered something about it?

2. If he had forgotten wouldn't he have something from his time in FTL like Mary Margaret has her engagement ring from her time as Snow White? From the two episodes that I have seen (I'm from Australia so we're not up to par with the States yet) that have Neal in them, he has nothing to indicate that he is a Fairytale character.

3. Because August told Neal that Emma was Snow and Charming's daughter, wouldn't Neal have at least realised and accepted this but lied about it? He showed no indication that he knew anything about magic or about FTL.

4. He doesn't have the same personality traits has Bae did. Remember, all the Land without Magic counterparts have the same or similar personality traits as their FTL counterparts. Has anyone even considered this point at all?