Yeah, there were moments I shook my head at Snow. Being the kind of Mom I am I would have reacted a TAAAD differently (heh) to some of the situations, but then I have never been, nor will be *Snow White* (loud snort).
The Echo Cave reveals were meant to be painful and expose a not so lovely element of their psyches. but the ladies truths were so much edgier than the men. I don’t begrudge Snow wanting another baby, or Emma wishing Neal dead.
Snow and Emma have both been, often, brutal realists.
Snow, however, did get a little hormonally pregnant- biatttchy at times. leaving Emma to flounder a bit emotionally. Even though Emma’s worst struggles have always been her internal ones and she sometimes fought off Snow as *mom* to the point of borderline cruelty… I mean, it really doesn’t matter how old your kids get, they are still your kids. Even though Snow had that large gap in there, she was handling the Mother/Daughter thing quite well up until the little bun in the oven was giving her aggravating moods. (not to mention brilliant moments of *duh*)
Snow was being emotionally brutal to Emma, as Emma was being emotionally brutal to Hook. Different core reasons, but still kinda mean 😛 Family mean-genes I guess.
However, I think all that changed during the finale when Emma realized, even with the abandonment issues, life would be even more painful if Snow hadn’t ever known her at all, and she put all those feelings together and realized that home was home, family, family… even with the aggravation. Especially when viewing Snow as a young woman, and not just a mom. Accepting your mother as a woman first, and your mom second, is an eye and heart opener.
Motherhood is never easily defined! For Snow, or Emma. Interesting to watch now that they are both *peers* in Storybrooke.
Regarding new *retro*-blame Hook for everything themes resurfacing. They still don’t matter. They are regurgitated delusions compared to what actually went down in the story. Old old and more old.
I’m ready for anything that gets thrown our way in relationships. What is the best in my eyes is that they will be developing these deeper relationships between the regular characters…and not just the flavor of the day sparkly-temps coming in for the half season. Rumple and Hook rumbling with each other is…good drama using great talent 🙂
***Always in search of a good flock***