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GothicNarcissus wrote: but given how packed the Neverland arc was and how much explaination it needed, it could have happened at any other time while giving more space for the main storyline. I have to disagree. It seems many other viewers, forget who the central characters are.

Before S3 premiered, the creators themselves said, the focus would be on the characters who were on the Jolly Roger.... Emma, Regina, Hook, David, Mary Margaret, and Mr. Gold. They kept to that, and did not stray off center. The Neverland arc felt much more streamlined, compared to S2, due to it being focused on the main characters.

Would it have been nice to know, how Tinker Bell got to Neverland.... or course. However, it was not necessary for the story, that need to be told. The story was about Emma and Regina working together, to save their son.