Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-201.67.134.207-20130509171625/@comment-8740564-20130608044232

I got that from a quote that said as much.

"Awww-fully cute fact: Emma reminds Neal of Wendy, Kitsis shared." (http://tvline.com/2013/04/29/once-upon-a-time-season-2-spoilers-peter-pan-neal-wendy-emma/).

I agree that Emma and Wendy don't share a lot of glaringly obvious similarities; Emma wants a family but has trust and abandonment issues whereas Wendy lived a much happier life supported by a loving family. Those different backgrounds are bound to create different personalities...but they are both very kind people who look out for others. That's the only similarity that I see, but I assume that Kitsis knows a lot more about how Bae's thought process works than I do. People can remind you of someone else without being a soul twin or carbon copy of the other person.