Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11464223-20131219213043/@comment-5679696-20131220015849

Applegirl wrote: I want to theorize that the curse would take Neal anyway if he crossed out of town, and the circumstances of Emma being unaffected (once outside of town) is because she's the savior, and Henry wouldn't be affected since he was born in the LWM. If everyone could just cross out of town and flee the impending curse, why didn't they do that? I believe the curse would have taken them even if they tried to leave Storybrooke because that's the price of stopping the curse. But Neal is not like everyone either. In fact, I think he is in the same conditions as Emma. Both were born in the EF, but somehow ended in the LWM before the Dark Curse. None of them was cursed, so both of them could leave Storybrooke as we've seen before. Same applies to August and Hook. So yes, Neal could have left Storybrooke to rebuild his life with Emma and Henry, but is that what Emma wanted anyway? I think she made it pretty clear she had only room for Henry in her life at the moment, and I don't think Neal wanted to push her into accepting him as part of her life. I know they love each other, but Emma is not willing to have any boyfriend right now.