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CoolDudeAl wrote: Aine1989 wrote: Reasons Eoin Bailey/August as Bae would have been great:

-Rumple could have had an actual redemption

-Hookfire would have had an epic confrontation

-Hook and Bae could have had an epic confrontation

-HookFire wouldn't have been bogged down with the love triangle story

-Neal would have just been That Guy Who Hurt Emma and we'd have avoided that clash of characterisation that came from Neal as Bae I'm confused as to how exactly this would work though. So Eion plays August/Bae and Michael plays Neal, a LWM person who is Henry's father? That would mean Rumple is not Henry's grandfather though, which messes up alot of the plot. Also, if August is Bae, and Neal is just a LWM person, who plays adult Pinnocio? A new actor?

For me: Eion would have played adult Bae/Neal instead of Michael. That's it

Eion's acting is orders of magnitude superior compared to Michael. Also, the Dylan Schmid/Eion transition is more believable than Dylan/Michael. Heck, even Rumple thought it was him lol