Emma is not forgiving her parents for what they did, BEFORE OR AFTER she learnt the truth. She’s just assumed being dumped and that’s it, assuming the worst and not allowing any other possible explanations.
From what I saw on the show, that is not correct at all. Even before she knew her parents were Snow White and Prince Charming, she wanted to find her parents.. probably to know why she was abandoned. After she knew the truth, she wasn’t even angry at them. I’ve heard some fans say she is but I’m not sure where they are getting this anger from. She lets them know that no matter the circumstance, she was still alone her entire life. But that doesn’t mean anger.
She admits her anger at her mother in Lady of the Lake but I think that was a general “angry at parents for leaving me on the side of a road” than an anger specific to Snow and their situation. But within that same scene, Emma comes to an understanding and acceptance of why her parents did what they did. Effectively forgiving them for what they had to do.
Only Henry dealt with it the opposite way to her.
Actually, they dealt with it the exact same way. Finding their parents. They both sought out their birth parents.
Out of many people, she should know best that ‘a better life’ is meaningless without people who truly love you and she took this away from him, even though she was once this abandoned child.
If someone goes through the trouble of adopting (which is no easy feat) then one would assume that the person that adopting that child will love them. She was an 18 year old teenager still in prison when she gave him up for adoption. Once she got out of jail she probably had a lot of trouble just caring for herself, let alone a baby. How is giving him up for adoption a bad thing?
After all she did and went through, and all she learnt, THIS is what she has to say to her parents? It’s not like they did what they did with BAD intentions, they had hardly much choice and she KNEW that…..So excuse me if I call it hypocritical but to me it is just that.
That was her first conversation with her parents after finding out the truth just an hour ago that blew her previous 28 years of belief system out of the water. It ultimately doesn’t matter what she said there because like I already said.. she already came to an understanding and acceptance with her conversation with Snow (when she had time to actually think about it).
And yet, she still shies away.
Yes, she has trust issues and not good with emotions. I still don’t see how that’s “digging” or “excusing” anything.