Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-23906605-20131017110136/@comment-6036560-20131018212926

The fact that Neal is alive shows that SwanFire will probably happen. If the writers wanted CaptainSwan, Neal would be dead right now. I have also noticed that Hook and Henry have never interacted, and they were only in the same room together in the finale. This could also be building up to Henry's reaction after they save him. I think that who Emma ends up with will be at least partially influenced by Henry, and since Henry is the "truest believer," he probably holds out hope that Neal is alive. Since Neal is alive, when they reunite, Henry probably won't have moved on. On the other hand, both Hook and Neal are a lot older than Emma. They are both about 300 years old, but Emma definitely still cares about Neal and would be happy if he was alive, as shown in the sneak peek. Hopefully, Emma and Neal will reunite soon, since when Hook was in Neverland before, he stayed on his boat mostly it seems, so they need someone familiar with the island, like Neal.