Just going off of the fact that Killian's kiss didn't bring back Emma's memories/break the curse...

Right! ^

Neal was the first. Neal is the real...

To be fair; Charming's kiss didn't bring Snow's memories back in 'Heart of Darkness', nor did Gold's bring Belle's back. I don't think true love's kiss brings back memories, as they don't remember loving the person at all.

However I do think (and hope) it's Neal. After all, he did come back for her. And he is Henry's dad.

But Swan Queen pwns all!

Is this a serious question?

Yeah, Charming's kiss didn't bring Snow's memories back and same with Gold and Belle. True loves kiss can do much but no that, forgotten is forgotten. But this is the obvious answer BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But of course the writers are going to keep making the mistake of trying to get the poorly developed and zero chemistry couple of Captain Swan happen. But I will admit that Emma wouldn't have remembered even if Neal kissed her, actually it was just be awkward considering everything, though not as awkward as some stranger coming to kiss you.

It's so obvious <3

I loved Neal when I first saw them together, but now, idk why exactly, I'm just not a huge fan of him anymore. I bet he's getting killed off anyways :/

Graham hahaha ;P *a girl can wish*
No ,even though I prefer Graham/Emma ,I belive Neal is her true love .

<3

There just something about hook and Emma that doesn't click for me but Neal and Emma on the other hand have love that makes them perfect together :D Emma might also have a chance with Neal of the family she had always wanted <3

Hook being Emma's soulmate? Mmmmm...no...

It's Neal :)

The only scenes with any chemistry between Emma and Neal are the flashback scenes. They just don't have it anymore, in my opinion. I just don't see them as being good for each other at this point. I think Neal is trying to recapture what they used to have, but you can't do that. It's unhealthy. Realistically, they both need to move on. Emma really needs to move on, even if she doesn't move on to Hook. She needs to move forward, not back. And picking Neal would be taking a huge step back.

I believe Hook is her true love. Hook came back for her. Even though he knew he was going to be a stranger in her eyes and even though he knew nothing about New York, he found her. And the look on his face when he saw her said everything. Unfortunately, Hook didn't get the memo about TLK not working on memory loss. lol. But that aside, in my eyes, they have a tremendous amount of chemistry and I think the writers and the actors can see it. The writers are merely building on what's already there. Emma inspires Hook to be the better man they both know he can be and I believe Hook can change Emma for the better too. She needs someone like Hook. Their relationship provides the greatest potential for amazing character growth.

Not sure..but I like Captain Swan more.
I wish it was Graham though :)

Let's be honest, it is still early to say who's Emma's true love because we still don't know who he is (or who she is). And also on screen chemistry doesn't always lead to true love so arguments about who has more chemistry with Emma doesn't lead to anything. And we also Hook's last kiss doesn't tell anything, because even true love's kiss doesn't bring back lost memories

Personally I hope Emma's true love would be Regina but that is just a personal opinion and I'm saying no more about that because this is not a ships question, and as I just said we still don't know who's Emma's true love

^ True. I could very well be someone we haven't seen yet.

Some people think it might be Chris Gorham's new character...^

^^ Yes it could be

That could get messy..haha. XD

Would that be a Love Quadrilateral?

I think it's still imposible to say. @matchesrulezu, "Love Quadrilateral" lol probably hahaxD

It would be ridiculous, but I almost want it to happen because Love Quadrilateral is fun to say. XD

OK, it may be 'too early' (if you can call S3 that), but I'm going by what has been shown to us in the story. CS as a valid ship was introduced in 2x06, the same episode we saw Emma's flashbacks with Neal, and we saw how her relationship with Neal affected her lack of trust with Hook.

In Hook's flashback episodes, we saw significant interactions with him and Emma. The CS kiss also took place in one such episode.

In spite of Pan's attempts, as soon as Hook found out Neal was alive, he wasted no time in telling the Charmings. He could have kept it to himself, but he didn't. And he knew that as soon as Emma found out Neal was alive, he was effectively letting his chances of being with her go.

He was the first one in the Echo Caves to spill his 'secret' even though he knew he had absolutely nothing to gain by doing so. He stood there, in front of Emma, and her parents and he did it knowing that in the next few minutes, he would have to watch as Emma was reunited with the man who meant so much to her. He forfeited his chances of being with the woman he loved, so she could be with the man he thought *she* loved. True love is defined in OUAT to be noble, pure, and putting the one you love first, even if it's not what you would choose yourself. Even if it breaks your heart. You might argue that Neal putting Emma in jail comes under that description, but it's not the same thing. Putting Emma in jail caused huge emotional and psychological consequences that altered the course of her adult life - and not for the better. Hook loves Emma the way Charming loves Snow. He wants to do what's best for her. Not abandoning her for the sake of the greater good. Not putting her in prison to teach her a lesson or doing something that will hurt her in order to break a curse, but by loving her and honoring her in a way that I don't think she's ever been loved and honored before.

In 'Dark Hollow', when they are attacked by the shadows, when Hook is grabbed and pinned to a tree, Emma screams "HOOK". When Neal is grabbed a moment after, there's just silence. And Hook is pinioned to the tree in front of her where she can see him, whereas Neal is held behind her, where she can't see him unless she turns around. I think that's symbolic of her future (Hook), and her past (Neal). Also, because Neal is out of view, she can't see what the shadow is doing to him the way she can with Hook. I think that played a big part in her succeeding to light the candle with magic. When Rumple said to her "Conjuring magic is not an intellectual endeavour. It's emotion. You must ask yourself 'why am I doing this? Who am I protecting?' Feel it." There's a lot of things going on in that scene, they were all in danger, but because of where he was positioned, Hook was that visual and emotional trigger that enables Emma to use her magic. It was subtle, but very meaningful as to what she felt for him, in my view.

Emma and Neal have not shared a notable scene together (meaning, a big, emotional, powerful or telling one) since they were reunited. Neal has not made any effort to try and prove himself to Emma. He didn't even give her any space so she can figure out what she wants. As soon as they were back in Storybrooke, he asks her out on a date. Maybe Neal thinks Emma is good for him. But maybe he's not good for her. Has he even thought of what Emma would be putting on the line emotionally, by resuming a romance with him? He was engaged to Tamara, even though he obviously still had feelings for/was in love with Emma. Shouldn't they talk about that, and where Neal stands and how Emma feels about him and Hook BEFORE he asks her out??

The Hook/Charming friendship. Bromance. Whatever you call it. Isn't it significant that the writers have bothered to establish one when they could have been sowing the seeds for a Charming/Neal friendship instead? Doesn't that make way more sense if Neal IS in fact, Emma's true love? How come there has not been a scene when Charming gives Neal some fatherly advice regarding winning Emma's heart? Like, "Be her friend, but go slow. Don't push her too hard, or you risk pushing her away." That could easily have been done. Charming has encouraged Emma and Neal's relationship, yes. But has he ever tried to get to know Neal? Had a meaningful conversation with him? Asked him where he stands regarding his daughter?

About the 'kiss that didn't work'...true love's kiss can break any curse, but it doesn't bring memories back. In S1, when Charming tried to make Snow remember him by kissing her, she knocked him out. The same thing happened with Rumbelle. The fact that Hook's kiss didn't work on Emma is not an indicator that they are not true loves.

If Hook and Emma's relationship and interaction had not been written the way it has, and if the writers had not brought Hook into the Emma/Neal equation at all, then I would not be saying all this.

I hope he is :)

^^agreed and ^agreed :)

@delenasalvatore- About the whole Neal abandoning Emma thing.. I never understood how people are so understanding about it. If he truly loved Emma, he wouldn't have let her go for "her destiny", but I don't think he would have held her back from her destiny either. I feel like he should have said something along the lines of: "No, I won't leave Emma. I know what magic can do to someone and I won't abandon her to face that alone. Tell me what else I can do to help her fulfill her destiny because I won't leave her, but I won't hold her back either. I love Emma and I can't let her face this alone. I will face this with her."

It's also very Charming-like.

@matches - I feel like if the writers truly wanted Neal to be Emma's true love, then they wouldn't have had him do such a dreadful thing to her in the first place. Or at least, they could have altered the story slightly so that when Neal had the chance to go back to her, he would have tried to take it. For example, when she gets out of jail, August tells him where she is, but Neal is unsure whether Emma wants to see him again, BUT he writes her a letter telling her how sorry he is and that he should never have let her go etc, but he wants to see her and if she thinks she could ever forgive him then could she contact him so they could meet somewhere, and giving his phone number etc. He then gives the letter to August to give to Emma...and then for some reason, August decides not to give the letter to Emma. So Neal never hears from her, and thinks she hates him. When Neal figures out that Emma never actually received his letter, he tries to track her down but by that time, she's moved away or, I don't know, August refuses to tell him where she is.

OR - sometime during his relationship with Tamara, Neal realises he's never moved on from Emma. So he breaks off their engagement, and heads to Storybrooke to get her back.

If Neal had tried harder to be with Emma and fought to be with her, even if he'd been scared she'd reject him, then I could believe him to be more worthy of her. But he just never tries.

Neal left Emma to help her get home and he stated that he regretted it his whole life. On the other hand, Rumple was absolutely horrible to Belle, psychically hurt her, screamed in her face to start off with and they're apparently "true love"...