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
To me, nothing would go back to how it was the moment Henry knocked on her door. Soon as they were introduced, there was no turning back to a world where Emma doesn’t exist in Henry’s life. Even if all Emma ever did was say “Go home kid” and shut the door on him… he would still have met his birth mother. And she would have seen her son. And it’s easier to say walk away from that than to actually do so.
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?
I truly, truly hate the comparison that Emma giving Henry up for adoption is the same thing as Emma’s situation as a child. Talking about Emma’s perspective that she’s had for 28 years… being left abandoned on the side of a freeway… is nowhere near the same thing as giving your child up for adoption. People keep referring to Emma giving Henry up as abandonment or “dumping” him or something. No, adoption isn’t any of those things. I don’t understand why people are looking poorly on that decision or that Emma is hypocritical of giving up Henry because she was abandoned.
She cannot even bring herself to show some forbearance once she’s reunited with Snow and Charming, she just keeps digging, finding excuses.
I’m confused by this. Finding excuses for what? Digging for what?