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Fine, I agree with you guys and I know the show wouldn’t be that dynamic if the things were introduced in a different way. By no means I want to defend Regina’s way of parenting Henry but the plot development throughout the beginning of the series was just really annoying and artificial to me, including how Henry managed to get all the way to Boston on Regina’s watch! Of course boy begged Emma to stay and it was what made her stick around, however she’s an adult and should’ve known better of the consequences of this decision, however hard it would be, and that once she gave in, she couldn’t possibly go back to her life as if nothing happened – even for the simple reason that she would’ve given the kid the hope and it would be purely cruel to snatch it away – logically, it would be just so much easier for the boy if she just left it there and then.
I know the circumstances of the whole case are different, as we learn on, but I guess my point is that Emma, as a character, keeps appearing as this slightly immature, lost person, that has a grudge on her childhood without her parents and cannot get it out of her way, even though, theoretically, she did the same thing – slightly hypocrytical? She cannot even bring herself to show some forbearance once she’s reunited with Snow and Charming, she just keeps digging, finding excuses. At the same time she’s meant to be this ‘saviour’? I guess the writers wanted to make it clear she’s far from perfect on many levels (thief, huh?) and show her development throughout the story. I get it. But that doesn’t make me like her any more because of it, maybe when she finally grows up…