Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20140120210835/@comment-6175354-20140218224516

CoolDudeAl wrote: Hmm... now that I saw pictures of all the main cast signing a jersey with O'Neil on it (except Micheal), I'm starting to think Neil is the character dying. I'm not sure how I feel about this though, we just had his "fake death" half a season ago, and now to kill him off for real seems kind of stupid. I'm hoping if it is him dying that this is the way Rumple comes back though, a life swap sort of thing, it would at least mean the death was useful in a way. Those pictures are the reason, many fans believe that Neal will die. All the actors are dressed in black, and it looks like the Storybrooke cemetery. If Neal is the dying.... it will be to either resurrect his father, or enact the new curse.

I do not think it would be stupid, to real kill Neal. He has more connection to the other characters, than anyone else.... besides Henry. It would have the biggest impact, on the rest of the characters. Personally, Neal felt more like a plot device, than an organic character. He was the driving force behind why the original curse was cast. Yet, I never got a real sense of his personality, other than his hatred for magic.