Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-27189580-20151203140302/@comment-24674051-20151203180513

Oh, I wasn't saying that Hook isn't going to die. That is a reasonable assumption. It just seems odd that everyone (self included) is making that leap so easily, and not questioning it.

And, playing Hades Advocate, Gold's death might not devestate Emma, but deaths of any of Snow, David, Killian, Regina, or Henry would have a devestating effect. And who's to say that, after having walked a mile in Rumple's shoes, that she hasn't developed an empathetic link with him as well.