Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26644233-20150711060847/@comment-25926288-20150716121655

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote: They saw Neal and instead of really considering how the show would be impacted, killed him to free Hook with Emma. Really, that is the only reason they are together. They might have eventually got together, but they decided to kill off Neal, destroying Rumple's character and pretty much the rest of the subplots. Excuse me?

Neal was killed off, because of Rumplestiltskin's character. It was a just desserts scenario.... since Rumple selfishly dishonored his son, by becoming a monster and destroying everyone's lives. Neal's storyline was, first and foremost, about his relationship with his father. Neal was killed off without much regards to the other storylines.

--Emma was turning towards Neal

--Rumple was turning towards goodness

--Neal sacrificed all to get to his son and Emma

--Hook gave up a boat, started spending more time with Henry

All these signs were pretty much guarenteed that Emma would go towards Hook if there is no Neal. Emma was going towards choosing Neal, but got stuck with Hook. Rewatch Season 3. I love you to Neal x3 and Emma still remembers all the good Neal taught her.

"Give me someone I will kiss." The plot then pushed Hook towards Emma...talk about no time to greive. Hook was replacing Neal as a father figure now Zelena and then Snow and Charming start pushing Emma towards Hook. Coincedence? No, not at all.

Neal dying was no just desserts, that was because the show simply stopped caring about real parental love. Neal would have turned Rumple good and even probably break the curse. But they wanted Evil Rumple over Neal (which I totally understand), but also, they needed a way to get rid of neal so Emma could be with Hook. (They did say that they did plan this to be long term.)