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I found Henry’s perspective in this last ep to be very intriguing.Henry thought that magic was the whole problem of things.I don’t belive that is entirely true.Magic can be good,but it’s up to the user to decide how he’s going to use it.It’s like say,the computer.A computer is a wonderful tool,but it can be used for either good or bad.It can also be very addicting.Again it is up to the user to choose what he’s going to do with it and what he’a going to avoid on it.So,characters that are easily drawn astray by magic–like Rumple,
Regina,and Cora–should stay away from it,but alas they are not people to learn things the easy way.Magic isn’t the only factor in the problems;it’s the people who use it.Also,he thinks that magic is what caused Mary Margaret to become corrupted.It was not.MM’s desire for revenge on Cora is what caused her to use dark magic in the first place.Not the other way around.Clearly Henry doean’t know the whole story.Second,Henry does not approve the idea of executing his mother.I understand how mortifying that thought is for a child,no matter how bad his mom is,especially when it’s another part of his family that wants to kill her(and they are the ones who are suppposed to be heros too)!!!!!!BUT sometimes killing is just plain necessary!Had the North not declared war on the South,the U.S. would have slavery all throughout the country to this very day.Had the U.S. not entered WWII the entire Jewish race would be nothing but a memory.What are we to do when we see people suffering?Sit back on our butts and watch as armies and armies oppress innocent people just because we believe killing is wrong?!!!Yes,war and capital punishment are horrible concepts to think about and should be avoided where morally possible,BUT if sparing certain people(s) results in more suffering,those people just have to be put down.
Right,with that being said there comes the question of “Was Snow right to spare Regina’s life as seen in ‘The Cricket Game’?”To answer that,I honestly don’t think Snow foresaw that Regina would then cast a terrible curse on multiple lands,sending alol the residents to “someplace horrible where the only happy ending will be [Reinga’s].”I mean,come on,how could she?It’s not like Rumple would share that little detail with her,otherwise she prolly would have executed Regina.And I think the primary reason for sparing Regina’s life after she tried stabbing Snow were that (1)Snow felt she owed Regina her life after Regina saved her off that horse,and(2)Regina could not harm neither Snow nor Charming,and(3)Snow explicitly stated that she could and would kill Regina if she tried to harm anyone in the kingdom ever again.
So,I actually liked that writers showed Henry’s perspective like that;it definitely showed that he is only 11 and sees things from an 11-year-old’s viewpoint,and it just made him that more believable as a character.
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His lectures to his family can get a little grating, and I’m getting tired of his grudge on Emma, but I was completely sold on him in this episode when he turned to dynamite to solve his problem. That is SO how an eleven year old boy would react. In fact, I think this was the first episode that he really acted his age. Plus I can totally understand a child’s reasoning that since he sees the well as the link between worlds, blowing it up could stop the flow of magic. It’s not a logical notion, but eleven year olds are rarely logical.
Also, it doesn’t matter what Regina does, Henry will never want her to be killed. No amount of reasoning, no amount of believing it’s the only way to save the rest of his family will make him want her dead, with the possible exception of Regina killing Emma, but even then he just doesn’t have it in him to hate that much. He probably thinks she should be punished for all she’s done, but in his little boy mind he remembers her as being the mom he used to make things for. It’s clear that at some point, she was a good mother to him. Who could blame him for wishing everyone would just stop fighting and get along? He’s too young to know it isn’t possible. If this show goes on for several more years, I look forward to seeing his evolution from an idealistic boy to whatever this battling will turn him into.
I think Henry’s perspective on magic and thinking if he gets rid of it all the problems will go away is very simplistic and naive. But, it makes sense for an 11 year old child to have that type of perspective.
This is an interesting thread. I agree with how Henry is acting his age, WeWereCursed! Just blow it up! I think Ruby had a line when they were in the mines – “So, he’s just gonna blow it up?” or something like that. Henry is a natural leader. He just is eleven years old so sometimes his ideas are not well thought out. But I know his heart is in the right place. The more I think about it, the more I see how confused he is by the turn of events since the curse broke. He thought they would all be going THERE – to Fairytale Land– not having people like Hook and Cora come to Storybrooke. On another thread it has been mentioned that there has been a lot more action and drama this season, where last season we got to see more of “normal life’ (whatever that is for these people!!). In Henry’s book, of course he has seen that people die, but it is way different when you see it happening over and over in real life. Even though Archie wasn’t really dead, Henry still had to go through the grieving process for someone he cared about. I would love to see Archie more involved in helping Henry through some of this stuff, as it doesn’t seem like the adults in his life are able to do that.
I do think that Henry has a few valid points: it IS his mother they’re talking about, and magic has essentially been the source of most of his problems. However, his plan of execution was flawed, and his assessment of the situation childishly simplistic. (A good stroke on the writer’s part.)
@Nod wrote:
I do think that Henry has a few valid points: it IS his mother they’re talking about, and magic has essentially been the source of most of his problems. However, his plan of execution was flawed, and his assessment of the situation childishly simplistic. (A good stroke on the writer’s part.)
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I agree too.
I agree with what each of you guys said!!!!
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Good point, Jessie, that Mary Margaret made the decision to kill Cora before using magic; magic was just the means, not the cause. But I also agree with everybody who has said that it is very realistic writing to show us that Henry wouldn’t see it that way. As much as he hates the things that Regina does, it’s understandable that he can’t hate his mother, so he blames magic (and there’s some basis for that in the case of Regina and Rumple). It’s reminiscent of when Regina couldn’t bring herself to hate Cora for killing Daniel, so she transferred all her rage to Snow White. At least Henry is dealing with his conflict with his mother in a healthier way.
@LaurieAnne wrote:
This is an interesting thread. I agree with how Henry is acting his age, WeWereCursed! Just blow it up! I think Ruby had a line when they were in the mines – “So, he’s just gonna blow it up?” or something like that. Henry is a natural leader. He just is eleven years old so sometimes his ideas are not well thought out. But I know his heart is in the right place. .
LaurieAnne’s comment reminded me of an interesting fact concerning all the fighting we’ve seen in the Enchanted Forest for control of the kingdom. In the end it won’t really matter whether Snow and Charming, as heirs of Leopold and Eva, win or whether Cora gets a posthumous victory which puts Regina back on the throne. If they return to monarchy and the Charmings win, the crown would pass from them to Emma (if she outlived them) and then to Henry. If Regina won, Henry would be her heir. Either way, Henry becomes king. Which is probably why the writers chose the name; Henry comes from the German “Heinrich”, which means “ruler”.
@TimeSpacer wrote:
LaurieAnne’s comment reminded me of an interesting fact concerning all the fighting we’ve seen in the Enchanted Forest for control of the kingdom. In the end it won’t really matter whether Snow and Charming, as heirs of Leopold and Eva, win or whether Cora gets a posthumous victory which puts Regina back on the throne. If they return to monarchy and the Charmings win, the crown would pass from them to Emma (if she outlived them) and then to Henry. If Regina won, Henry would be her heir. Either way, Henry becomes king. Which is probably why the writers chose the name; Henry comes from the German “Heinrich”, which means “ruler”.
Huh, interesting observation. I know Ronald also means ruler (my brother's name).
but if Emma is still around, Henry would be a good king. if it were Regina, maybe a not so nice and good king. There would be a difference in how he would rule his people.
@obisgirl wrote:
but if Emma is still around, Henry would be a good king. if it were Regina, maybe a not so nice and good king. There would be a difference in how he would rule his people.
I was assuming Henry would ascend to the throne after the death of his predecessor (whether it was Regina, Emma, Snow, or Charming). If Snow and Charming are the monarchs, Emma might get a very short reign, if any, since thanks to the curse she is about the same age as her parents!
Since he was born in our world, maybe when he became king, Henry would abdicate, call for elections and get elected to office!
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