Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24846659-20160819200715/@comment-27060727-20160820065250

Eskaver wrote:

Are they? 100% probably, 99% yes. They decided to choose the worst way possible to "test" true love. It was a vague test that Emma or any good person would have succeeded. Emma would have saved Belle given those same circumstances. She would have saved Regina...oh wait, she did that before. See what I mean? Love is sacrifice, but Emma does that for practically everyone. It's just who she is. But perhaps if Emma went down there with Belle, nothing would have happened when she set her heart on the scale. The test might've not shown up. We don't know and I don't expect them to explain the logistics in detail. In a season where they gave out TLKs left and right between minor characters that won't get much focus again, I guess the writers didn't want to do another one and the alternative they chose happened to be vaguer than the other TLK confirmation methods they've shown. (TLK, heart-splitting,.....pixie dust?)

Regardless, A&E have made it clear in all of their interviews since that Emma and Hook are "true love" in canon. That was the intention and I don't think they're going to have the characters questioning it. And Adam's statement that was quoted was his attempt at appeasing Robin fans at SDCC. I honestly don't think Hades will be mentioned much again, nor do I think we will see something like Regina looking for ways to bring Robin back because she thinks that Hades lied. That storyline is done.