Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-264749-20130218073608/@comment-97.82.248.109-20130411175822

Okay, just want  to point some stuff out. I've now read the entire page and decided to do some validity checking for some arguments as to why or why not he is Peter.

First - The argument that he can't be Peter based on his personality. On that standard, Killian couldn't be Hook. In the old stories, Hook was heartless, ruthless, had absolutely no room for love, and hated children. This Hook has been seen to have a quite obvious soft side, fell in love with Milah (and possibly Emma (not sure yet)), and in his "beanstalk comment" to Emma, he showed a hint of compassion for abandoned children. So if personality is your basis, you have nothing.

Second - The "Copyright stuff means no Peter Pan thing"/"Producers said no second-season Peter Pan". Umm, they got around copyright for Hook and Smee... And the second-season is almost over. Neal could absolutely turn out to be Pan in the third season. If I was one of the producers and someone asked me about Pan, I would give an answer like "not in the second season" too. Letting people know that there was a Pan would make it way too obvious as to who it was.

Now here's my thought's on the subject at hand. I understand that they could be wrong, just my thoughts.

Blue Fairy talking about LWM - It's possible that as a fairy she would know where Neal would eventually end up. It's possible that she was simply speaking of the endgame, without mentioning the in-between years and the Neverland of it all.

Pan, Pirate, or Poor little Lost Boy - I personally think that it is more likely that Neal was a Lost Boy and that the way the episode was scripted with the whole "Hey! Guess What! Neal was in neverland for a long time" thing was to ruse us into thinking he's Peter Pan, in order for the real twist to be a fan-based mind trick

I also think it's possible for Neal to actually have a friendlier connection to Hook. Based on Hook's compassionate subtext, I think he was actually quite fond of the boys. Plus, Neal and Hook both have a very strong dislike of Rumple and a strong love for Milah.

Oh! That reminds me, there was a comment about something like "How would Hook have recognized Neal (as Pan of LB) as being Rumple's son in the first place.  The first time Rumple and Hook meet, Rumple is trying to get Milah to come home from the bar where she and Hook are hangin' and Bae comes in.  It is then made obvious through conversation that he is Milah and Rumple's son, which Hook would've noticed. Which is also another reason that Hook and Neal may have been friendly.  Hook would've seen him as the son of the love of his life, as the only thing left of Milah.  He may have even been a sort-of makeshift father figure to Bae.