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Toma Cre wrote:

And then we see Emma with Neal in Storybrooke and later Neal breaking into Gold's shop, so that means Neal wasn't killed (or turned into a monkey) during the lost year. But he may have had already lost his heart. Neal showing up in Storybrooke, does not mean he was not turned into a flying monkey. Regina could have figured out, how to turn them back into humans. While it does look like Neal lost his heart, that does not automatically make him OUaT's version of the Tinman.

In The Wonderful Wizrd of Oz, the Tinman gets his heart back.... just like how the Lion gets courage, and the Scarecrow gets his brain. Are we going to assume that David is forever a coward, while Rumplestiltskin will be forever insane? That does not sound, like a happy ending. OUaT's Tinman might be someone who will loose their heart, but get it returned in the end.