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We’ve talked about Henry’s relationships with his mothers (and honestly it turned into a “mother vs mother conversation right quick….) but what about people outside of Regina and Emma. Who should Henry spend more time with? What about friends? And what do you think Henry’s role in S4 will be?
[adrotate group="5"]"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"I feel that Henry’s actions to date have been pretty typical of a boy in his position, if you will…actually, in some ways, a little mature. Think about how screwed up the world he grew up in – and I am going to be clear in blaming NO FAULT on anyone for that…I’m just saying that growing up in a magical town that’s not supposed to be magical with people playing pretend who don’t realize they’re playing pretend, who are actually fairy tale characters he grew up with…it’s really enough to make anyone’s head spin. In S1, I felt he was very typical of an 11 year old boy – still believing in magic, still believing that good will prevail, and like RG said, have very black and white definitions of good and evil.
S2 & 3A, for me, shows Henry struggling to bridge the gap between child and teenager. Every kid is going to become disillusioned with their world at 12-13, because that’s when you realize so much that you believed in (Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter bunny, magic) isn’t real – and you’re pretty much been lied to by the people you love and trust the most your entire life, and are faced with the harsh reality that nothing is black and/or white. So what does he do? He flip flops like crazy. He manipulates to get his way. He pits one parent against the other. He favors the parent that just came into his life…all extremely typical pre-teen behavior with some dynamite and magic tossed in.
Then Henry and Emma have their “normal” year. I’m guessing Henry’s supposed to be about 13ish now. Henry’s no longer a little boy! His height and voice alone are proof of that! 🙂 I forget who suggested it, but I love the idea that Regina gave Emma and Henry her memories from raising Henry. What we see in 3B is a pretty well adjusted, typical teenage boy. He’s questioning…when he’s not engrossed in his video games. He’s defiant…but still steps down when Emma tells him he ain’t running the show. He’s accepting…things may not be black and white, but shades of grey are ok…until you get ridiculously freaked out by all the ‘adults” weird behavior and try to steal Mom’s car (and really, by that point, who’d blame him?)
I think we’re going to see Henry continue to become a pretty mature teenager…I hope we get to see a bit of defiant Henry – arguing with Emma and Regina over typical teenage things. And growing pains – Henry’s first girlfriend (or heck – just get the kid a friend his age!! And stop getting him babysitters – he’s a lil old for that now!). But when they showed Henry as understanding before Emma that ‘home’ means ‘family’ and he wants to have both in his life, we see Henry as a pretty grown up kid. So I can see them using Henry as sort of the moral compass amidst the chaos. Maybe showing maturity when the adults start acting like lunatics (like they all tend to do).
I hope, as far as family, that he bridges any gap that the whole Regina/Robin/Marian debacle causes between Emma and Regina. They make pretty good co-parents when they’re not at each other’s throats. I do like the idea of Rumple becoming more involved in his life. Henry is a good influence on Regina, and I can see him being the same for Rumple. And he’s going to need it!
very kid is going to become disillusioned with their world at 12-13, because that’s when you realize so much that you believed in (Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter bunny, magic) isn’t real – and you’re pretty much been lied to by the people you love and trust the most your entire life, and are faced with the harsh reality that nothing is black and/or white
Exactly.
Henry begins to realize that “good” can do bad and “evil” can be capable of greatness. He learns that Snow kills Cora and his reaction is “but…she’s Snow White…” and then he sees Regina try to save the people of SB, the town she created to ruin all the happy endings even if it means her life.
His world view in S2, especially, is drastically changing as he begins to see that good and evil are way more complicated and nuanced than he thought a season ago.
And growing pains – Henry’s first girlfriend (or heck – just get the kid a friend his age!! And stop getting him babysitters – he’s a lil old for that now!).
Yeah he’s 13 now. The baby sitter thing is a bit laughable now.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Jared S. Gilmore explained at FairyTales II that he wants Henry to have a girlfriend in S4,(and the look on Lana and Sean’s faces were priceless), but I think it’s time to explore that arc with Henry. He’s growing up, all his time can’t be spent with the family…it’s time he gets back in contact with his friends.
I want to see S4 Henry do some magic!!! Maybe we’ll learn Merlin was his granddad on David’s side, and it’s so much magic potential in this boy it’s ridiculous not to want to explore that. He’s a Mills(the most powerful magical family known), a Stilskin(grandson of the most powerful sorcerer), a Charming(son of the savior, who was born from true love), and Henry himself is a product of true love…like the magic needs to be in there somewhere! But what would be even more interesting, if he somehow managed to bridge dark and light magic into one…I think he could be the one to do it, considering he’s a child of both worlds.
Many Oncers at FairyTalesII called out Grace to be Henry’s girlfriend, and I think she would be the most logical choice considering Henry can’t date outside of SB(the girlfriend would be freaked out by his family tree) and Henry would have few choices in SB(his mothers are the Evil Queen, the Savior, his future stepdads would be Robin Hood and Captain Hook, his aunt is the Wicked Witch of the West, his granddad’s the Dark One, grandparents are Snowing and the Queen of Hearts…like the girl just has to be ready to handle everything that comes with Henry!) 😛
And plus…I would love for Regina and Jefferson to become the bickering in-laws! Imagine Henry and Grace’s wedding…
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
Seconded. GraceXHenry is something i’ve shipped since hat trick and eheheeh yes Grace can handle crazy we know that *rimshot*
but yes the faces we’re priceless. (I would enjoy seeing henry pal around with Hansel Greatal and Grace again.) They need to come back from the disappearing plot island.
Keeper of Emma’s Magic Wavy Hands, True Love Care Bear Stare and Snowing’s True Love Charm Heart.
Jared S. Gilmore explained at FairyTales II that he wants Henry to have a girlfriend in S4,(and the look on Lana and Sean’s faces were priceless), but I think it’s time to explore that arc with Henry. He’s growing up, all his time can’t be spent with the family…it’s time he gets back in contact with his friends
Personally, I’d much rather have him find a friend first. Grace, Ava, Nicholas….anyone at this point. I understand that from a show perspective his relationships with Regina and Emma are more important, but the boy needs a friend.
(remembers when Neal bought them swords and they sword fought down by the docks…. 🙁 that’s what Henry needs. A friend who will play knights with him)
I want to see S4 Henry do some magic!!! Maybe we’ll learn Merlin was his granddad on David’s side, and it’s so much magic potential in this boy it’s ridiculous not to want to explore that. He’s a Mills(the most powerful magical family known), a Stilskin(grandson of the most powerful sorcerer), a Charming(son of the savior, who was born from true love), and Henry himself is a product of true love…like the magic needs to be in there somewhere! But what would be even more interesting, if he somehow managed to bridge dark and light magic into one…I think he could be the one to do it, considering he’s a child of both worlds.
If Henry doesn’t have a small bit of magic inside him, I’ll eat my hat. You aren’t born of true love from THE product of true love and have a golden heart and not have some magical abilities. I want Regina/Rumple to tag team and teach the boy.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Jared S. Gilmore explained at FairyTales II that he wants Henry to have a girlfriend in S4,(and the look on Lana and Sean’s faces were priceless), but I think it’s time to explore that arc with Henry. He’s growing up, all his time can’t be spent with the family…it’s time he gets back in contact with his friends
Personally, I’d much rather have him find a friend first. Grace, Ava, Nicholas….anyone at this point. I understand that from a show perspective his relationships with Regina and Emma are more important, but the boy needs a friend. (remembers when Neal bought them swords and they sword fought down by the docks….
that’s what Henry needs. A friend who will play knights with him)I want to see S4 Henry do some magic!!! Maybe we’ll learn Merlin was his granddad on David’s side, and it’s so much magic potential in this boy it’s ridiculous not to want to explore that. He’s a Mills(the most powerful magical family known), a Stilskin(grandson of the most powerful sorcerer), a Charming(son of the savior, who was born from true love), and Henry himself is a product of true love…like the magic needs to be in there somewhere! But what would be even more interesting, if he somehow managed to bridge dark and light magic into one…I think he could be the one to do it, considering he’s a child of both worlds.
If Henry doesn’t have a small bit of magic inside him, I’ll eat my hat. You aren’t born of true love from THE product of true love and have a golden heart and not have some magical abilities. I want Regina/Rumple to tag team and teach the boy.
Yes! Please please please please let this happen!!! I can totally see Regina and Rumple arguing while training Henry….Regina would be like “you’re going too hard on him!” and Rumple would be like “It worked for you, your mother, and your sister didn’t it!”
Please let Rumple and Regina be the one to teach Henry, the boy has so much potential!!!!
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
We’ve talked about Henry’s relationships with his mothers (and honestly it turned into a “mother vs mother conversation right quick….) but what about people outside of Regina and Emma. Who should Henry spend more time with? What about friends? And what do you think Henry’s role in S4 will be?
I’d like to see Henry hang out with Rumple and Belle more. Belle spent time with Neal in his last few days in the EF whilst Rumple is the only biological link to Neal that Henry’s got. Likewise, Henry is the last link that Rumple has to Bae.
As for Henry’s potential first girlfriend, I always thought he had a bit of a crush on Gretel but obviously with her being older, it won’t be reciprocated. Grace seemed like she might fancy Henry but Henry seemed oblivious to her and don’t think they’d waste screentime on a love triangle involving Henry.
As for friends, Henry could always befriend the younger lost boys that were brought back from Neverland.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of FelixI still think Henry is too young to date. And it’s missing a vital step: the kids never had any friends. He should have friends first, of either gender!
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"For me, Henry behavior is pretty typical of school of aged children rather it be girl or boy. He is maturing now which mean more angst.
Roland is cute and adorable but try babysitting him and I bet that little rascal would be in all kind of shenanigans as he goes through his testing and independence phase.
I’m with RumplesGirl, Henry badly needed a friend, in season 1, Emma was more friend than mother to him. She was like that fun Aunt you get to hang out with, who let you skip school, stay up late and play video games with her, you know the stuff mom’s says no to. I think over time Emma became the role of mother.
I think there were some happy time for Henry and Regina, but things were not perfect. I mean who was babysitting Henry during the Graham get together?????? Also when Henry became more aware of his world he started to realized something is just not quite right? And it seemed that Henry was a very lonely boy.
Now I view both Regina and Emma as Henry’s mother but Regina put her child at risk. But I do believe that she loves Henry very much. She just had to learn that she had to put what’s best for her son first. She also has to learn that a child is not there to meet her needs but she is there to meet his needs. Regina in the past was putting her wants and desires before Henry’s.
Anyway back to RG, Henry need’s a friend. I thought Pinocchio was going to be that friend? But who knows what happen with him?? Do they even exist???
Anyway I think Henry having a friend first and maybe later a girlfriend. Although that past missing year he did have a chance to have some friends off screen when all the good important stuff happens. So although we didn’t get to see Henry with friends, Henry had some. But I think season 4 we see magic Henry and Henry with his first crush of some magical fairytale person. Be funny if he feel in love with a real world girl. But I doubt it.
Well I’m done rambling nonsense for now. LOL 😀
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