Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-23906605-20131028210642

TNOandXadric wrote:

Sure, he ostensibly did it because he wanted her to live her *destiny* by breaking this curse, but he had no idea that her going to jail would lead to the chain of events that brought her to Storybrooke; she might just have easily entered a downward spiral and ended up OD'ing in a gutter somewhere. Wrong. For all he knew, she would never enter a "downward spiral", considering August said he was her "guardian angel" and promised he'd be there to look out for her.

Granted, August didn't really keep his promise, but Neal never knew that and he thought he was doing what was best for her. He didn't even have enough material to bring into this conversation about her future. August didn't even tell him where she had to go to break this curse or what she had to do. Neal only knew that there was a curse and that Emma was the key to breaking it. He knew that if they were together, he would keep her from doing what she was supposed to and from getting home, like he said in "Manhattan". How on earth would it not be selfish if he had decided to put all that aside to try and be with her just because he loved her?