Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26151936-20150227150010/@comment-1916997-20150306001015

BroKarl wrote: Two core characters on OUAT  are both Bae and Hook. They are also 2 of  the oldest characters that have been played out on this show. If its true that the majority of their lives were lived on Neverland, then I'd say they have a greater past of magical experiences, more so than any of the other characters on that show. Much more than Alice had in Wonderland. They gave her and Will a whole show to themselves. Yet you have some folks who have lived hundreds of years on OUAT, yet we have learned so little of the things they did throughout all of those years in their lives. And they are both core characters.

Since Hook is still living, I'd love to see OUAT do some back stories of the many adventures of Hook and his interactions with Bae. He displayed a soft heart towards him, even though Bae initially hated Hook, assuming Hook killed his mother. There is so much they could show there. THeu could show  others coming  to and leaving Neverland and Bae and Hooks relationships with those folks. Since Pan seems to know a lot about things going on outside of Neverland, they could show his influence on events that went on in different lands. Any of them or people thety mey could have both been involved in seeing to that Ava tripped Cora, that Cora met Rumple, that the tornado that brought Zelena landed where it did or was placed there. They could be making attempts to stop Regin's curse, or destrying the dark one ... a number of things.

There are so many years of stories with these guys that could have had an influence on the people and events that went on and go on stil today in both Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest. Even in  Oz and Arendale, Florida, New York and all the places that they have been. Bae and Hooks long years of living could have had an effect on many things. Thats why my fingers are crossed  that they won't dessert all of these Neverland stories before these actors begin to age.

They could set it up where Bae, left Neverland for a few years as  teenager and then came back as an older teenagaer and then left again. Hook has been back and forth from there a few times.

I can promise you this though ...if this show continues to bring in more and more new characters and keep taking away other core charcters without developing those characters, its days will be numbered. The soaps continually develop their core characters. They dont just kill them off,  When that happens it usually means new writers are coming in and they began to change things and usually when that happens in a season ot two, those shows are cancelled. I think the show's argument for not showing more of Neverland is that it is usually pretty boring. Pan rules all, Lost Boys fool around all day and all night, Hook fights Pan occasionally, rinse, repeat. lol. I do agree we do need to see more of Hook's past though. We are getting an episode in a few weeks with Ursula and Hook, and Hook is also getting a story in the upcoming comic book, so we are getting a few things for Hook at least. I'm not sure how often we will see Bae anymore. He was important as far as motivation for Rumple to make the dark curse, and obviously he's important in that he's Henry's dad, but he is dead now. I'm not sure what parts of Bae/Neal's life they could show that would advance the plot for our other characters. And actually, if you really want to see Bae again, you should hope for new characters, as a new character that appears in present day with a flashback to a past meeting with Bae is your best bet for him right now.