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5 Reasons Why Emma Swan is the Best Savior Ever
Emma Swan had a rough life before her son, Henry, found her and brought her to Storybrooke. And even when she got there, things didn’t get any easier. I mean, how would you like having The Evil Queen as your neighbor, nemesis and unwanted co-parent of your kid? And then she had to deal with the fact that her best friend and roommate, who’s also her age, is her MOM and one of the hunky guys in town is her dad. And their real identities are Snow White and Prince Charming. It’s a lot to handle. And through it all, somehow Emma Swan has kept her cool and mostly prevailed.
But now, Henry has been kidnapped and taken to NEVERLAND, and it’s up to Emma and a motley crew of heroes and villains to rescue him from the mysterious and dangerous Peter Pan. Am I worried? Well, okay, yeah, a little, but Emma can take it. In fact, here are 5 Reasons Why Emma Swan is the Best Savior Ever.
1. She’s the “Product of True Love”.
That’s Grade A, 100% verified True Love coursing through Emma’s veins, and that’s the most powerful magic there is. If she can embrace and harness that, there may be nothing she can’t do, including saving Henry.
2. She’s Found Her Own True Love…Maybe?.
Okay, the situation with Neal/Baelfire is complicated, and she still hasn’t totally forgiven him for abandoning her, but still, there’s a real connection there and every Savior needs someone to love.3. She Can Play Rough.
Ice cold. Emma leaves Hook in the not-so-friendly hands of Anton the Giant because she knows she can’t trust him—he IS a pirate after all. Unlike her sometimes infuriatingly optimistic parents, Emma has that pragmatic edge that can get the job done.
4. Emma’s Lost Her True Love…Maybe?.
Just as she’s ready to admit that she still loves Neal, he’s taken from her and could even be dead. Okay, he might not be after all, but Emma doesn’t know that. So there is no way she’s going to let her son, Henry, be taken from her too. Tamara and Greg had better watch their backs!
5. Did I Mention She Can Do Crazy Magic?.
Regina is no slouch when it comes to magic, but even with all of her might, she couldn’t contain the spell that was about to destroy Storybrooke and kill everyone in it. That’s when Emma stepped in and put some True Love power in there. The town was saved, once again, because that’s how saviors do!Even with all of that, it’s going to take everything Emma’s got to get everyone to work together—there’re some mortal enemies on that crew—and to save Henry from Neverland. Do you think she can be the savior once again?
[adrotate group="5"]I love reason 2!
2. She’s Found Her Own True Love…Maybe?
Okay, the situation with Neal/Baelfire is complicated, and she still hasn’t totally forgiven him for abandoning her, but still, there’s a real connection there and every Savior needs someone to love.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy
Reason 3 is slightly inaccurate. Anton was a friendly giant, Hook and Cora did him over. Also Emma left Hook with Anton, not because she knew she couldn’t trust Hook, but because she couldn’t risk trusting him when getting back to Storybrooke and Henry depended on it.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixI wouldn’t say she trusted him generally though, just because she trusted him in context where they had the same goal of the compass. Even Snow thought he was working with Cora and it could be a trap, so it was in the back of Emma’s mind the whole time.
What is clear though–she trusted Anton, and still trusted Anton when she met him again in SB even though he’d tried to kill her father with the misunderstanding. Now THAT is trust. Or inconsistent writing, not sure which it is, but somehow it went from that being a favor Anton owed to they were hugging.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
I think word of God stated that Hook wouldn’t have betrayed Emma at the top of the beanstalk. Emma didn’t know she couldn’t trust Hook. Her lie detector skill was all squiffy so Emma didn’t know whether she could trust him or not even though he was telling her the truth. She chose not to trust him because she had a lot riding on getting back to Storybrooke.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixYes they confirmed she could have trusted him not to steal the compass and prevent her from getting to SB–but beyond that? He still would have been at odds with Emma if he wanted to hurt Belle or kill Gold (especially if there was the risk of the Dark One power being transferred) I think. We’ll never know though, because they didn’t write that story.
What they did write, and I still find a touch funny, is Emma hugging Anton like a long lost friend, when originally it was a tersely granted favor between them.
“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
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