Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26159109-20160201202653/@comment-25926288-20160209214105

Hmcooper4 wrote: One scenerio that I could see changing is that it would not have been Zelena tricking Hook, but Rumple (under the command of Zelena) requesting/telling Neal to remove Emma's powers. no lip curse, but some other deus ex machina.

However, as I previously said, the changes required are very complex. Hook and Neal were, and are, not interchangeable. Correct. That's why in my oroginal post, you'd keep Hook in his usual spot, but you can also keep Neal alive, just in a different role.