Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180218220444/@comment-1916997-20180219233301

Emillian Swanones wrote: On the topic of "Did Neal sexually abuse Emma?" I would say yes because Emma was a teenager with most likely very little sexual education, Neal was much, much older than her, and because they didn't use protection which Neal would have most likely known about. We don't know if Emma had sex ed or not, but at her age (17/18) she would have if she didn't become a run away. Neal was probably not much older than her (biologically), and if anyone would know about pregnancy prevention between Emma and Neal, it would be Emma. Let's not forget Neal is from a magical medevil-ish world, then gets to our world in the 1800's, before going to Neverland (which seems even more primative than the EF). Neal wouldn't have any easy way to know contreception (of any form) exists, because to him the only thing that could prevent a pregnancy would be magic.