@darcyfarrow wrote:
I was just rewatching “Still Small Voice” and I’m convinced Regina does love Henry; her reactions to Henry’s entrapment–for example, the way she swallows her pride to cooperate with Emma–suggest to me real concern and affection for Henry. I suppose it’s possible she’s putting on a show for her constituents, but the catch in her voice convinces me. If Regina is redeemed at series’ end, I think it will be because of her love for Henry and vice versa.
It’s been a while since I watched that ep, (but now I have an excuse to), but I thought that the bulk of Regina’s panic and concern in that ep stemmed from the fact that she knew what was down there. Her son, who believes all the fairytale stuff, and his therapist, who she doesn’t want believing all the fairytale stuff, were underground somewhere in the same place as there was physical proof of all the fairytale stuff. For all Regina knew, they’d stumbled on Snow White’s coffin and Henry was telling Archie, “You see, I TOLD YOU SO.” No wonder she was on edge.
As to how she decided to adopt Henry, my hunch is that Gold planted the notion in her head. Gradually, over small conversations, bit by bit his suggestions led her to “realize” that she ought to be a mother…all part of his scheme to bring the savior to town.
I like this idea!
@rumplegoldfan wrote:
I would love to get my hands on Archie’s notes! In reality (so to speak since this is a TV show) I wonder why Henry thinks Regina is evil. Is it only because he has identified her as the EQ and knows what she has done via the book? Is he harder on her because he knows she’s the evil queen so that when she tells him not to leave his shoes on the stairs and when she grounds him for sneaking out of the house he looks at that as evil as opposed to normal things that moms do?
My guess would be yes. Once you believe that someone is an evil, fairytale queen, that would surely taint your view of everything she does.
@rumplegoldfan wrote:
I almost wonder if the problem is Henry – and if that is the reason he was initially in therapy. Depending on when Henry got the book and realized Regina was the EQ, he could have been pulling away from her for years or months. What if they had a normal relationship and then he suddenly changed when he got the book? We don’t know if Henry knew he was adopted until he got the book – that could affect how he interacts with Regina as well.
We don’t know if he knew he was adopted pre-book, but he surely knew he was different, and that he didn’t fit in, that he wasn’t like the other kids. When you grow up in a town where you’re the only person who ever ages, that’s gotta mess with your head. Wonder what Regina would say to him when he’d ask her why he was different. Maybe she just brushed off the question like he was being silly. And possibly told him not to ask anyone else about it, (because she wouldn’t want anyone else in town questioning it too). Maybe that’s where his animosity towards her stems from?