Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33624935-20171112011107/@comment-25491743-20171125003208

Aine1989 wrote: Emma was already eyeing up Hook when Neal was alive and had no intention of getting back with Neal (she had made that crystal clear in the Echo Caves and confirmed it in Storybrooke). So no, Neal's presence would not hinder Emma getting with Hook. I don't remember what episode (somewhere in 3A), but I do remeber that Hook said he'd back off of Emma, to Neal, so CS prbably wouldn't be together. Plus she did admit to Neal that she loved him in the Echo Caves and he said he'd continue fighting for her.

I prefer Swanfire to CS myself, but I also agree that CS was planned early on, The Tallahasse has flashbacks of Emma;s love story with Neal, while the present story had her and Hook. Plus she hit him over the head with a rock, like Snow did to Charming. I also feel like they killed Neal off, just to get rid of the love triangle, which vothered me since I loved Neal's character (they always kill off the best ones)