Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33624935-20171112011107/@comment-28162607-20171125105021

Was it reallt ever a "love triangle". That would imply Emma was struggling to choose between Neal and Killian, and yet Emma showed no romantic feelings or desire towards Neal. So it was really a budding CS story with Neal in the background. It was marketed as a love triangle but not presented as one.

re: Neal dying, they could not have Rumple be the villain thye needed if Neal was still around. Also Tweets were leaked about how a cast member had not been getting on with the writers and was fired. Then Neal died. Doesn't tak a genius to put the pieces together.