@Josephine wrote:
I’ve been thinking about Emma, Henry, true love, the Charmings, and Henry’s father and it kept circling in my head. The theme of the show is that true love is the most powerful magic in the world. It got me thinking in OUaT that true love begets true love. I’ll explain…
Snow’s father loved her mother deeply. We’ve even seen him talk about it in front of Regina. So Snow is a product of true love. Then there is Charming. His mother tells of how she dearly loved his father and that true love will follow the ring she gave him, just like it did for her. Next in line is Emma, who we know is the product of Snow’s and Charming’s love for each other, and hence why she’s the savior curtesy of Rumple’s curse.
So that leaves Henry. The last in a long line of true love. We know that Emma truly loves Henry, but unlike the others, he’s not the product of true love. He’s the result of some messed up, accidental, dysfunctional relationship. She was a teenager, he wasn’t told she was pregnant, then she got arrested. Not the outcome of true love. So what’s different with Henry? Why did the cycle stop with his conception?
Or will his parents ultimately be each other’s romantic true loves. The show preaches it and shoves it down our throats, so why for the main character does she not have what everyone around her, even Rumple, has? Do you think they’ll eventually bring back Henry’s father, whoever he is, and redeem him in her eyes?
That’s a very interesting question. I have no idea why Henry (who’s arguably the only character on the show with any common sense) is not the product of true love. Judging by his belief in magic and the curse, and his unwavering faith in what’s “good,” you’d think he would be the product of true love.
Unless Emma isn’t telling us something. Sometimes a bitter break up can make us view our exes in a bad light. She may have been in love with him, but after they separated, she grew bitter. Who knows?