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

So this has been asked a couple times and I've been providing the answer, "Well, Emma would have forgotten all the rebuilding they'd done in their relationship since she went to meet him with Henry and Gold and it would be like he just showed up in her car and that wouldn't end well," but, if he had gone with her, Regina could've altered Emma and Henry's memories to include Neal, and they could be a happy family all together.

So why didn't this happen? o: Would the Curse have taken him even if he had crossed the town line..? No, because it was stated that Emma could escape the curse as usual because she's the saviour, implying if she hadn't crossed the line she wouldn't have escaped, therefore crossing the line = escaping = the Curse couldn't have taken him if he was beyond the town line.

Discuss! 