Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33624935-20171112011107/@comment-25491743-20171125121902

Aine1989 wrote: Was it reallt ever a "love triangle". That would imply Emma was struggling to choose between Neal and Killian, and yet Emma showed no romantic feelings or desire towards Neal. So it was really a budding CS story with Neal in the background. It was marketed as a love triangle but not presented as one.

re: Neal dying, they could not have Rumple be the villain thye needed if Neal was still around. Also Tweets were leaked about how a cast member had not been getting on with the writers and was fired. Then Neal died. Doesn't tak a genius to put the pieces together. I felt like it was a love triangle. She had a past with Neal, and attraction towards Hook (I woudn't call it romantic at the time), but I think that story in itself was background to the Save Henry arc. Plus I think the writers may have been unsure, because Hook was shown briefly flirting with Tink, possibly setting up a romance (obviously this is before Rose McIver went to iZombie)

As for Neal dying, I do truly think it was to set up CS, because there was alot they could have done with his character (his relationship with Gold could of been further expxlored, his struggles of becoming a father, etc). Plus the whole rumors about a cast member not getting along with writers are just that - rumors. I heard the exact same thing about the actor who played August, when his character was turned into a boy