Orphan Emma and Henry

[Slurpeez]

The first time we ever met Emma in the pilot, Emma was on a fake date with a man who called Emma “a friendless orphan.” In 3×2, Emma came to terms with the fact that for her whole life, she has been a de facto orphan. Snow said it’s her job as Emma’s mother to her to change that for Emma. At the end of the episode, Peter Pan said that Emma soon wouldn’t just feel like an orphan but that soon she’d actually be one. With Charming potentially fatally wounded, what do you think is going to happen? Also, Pan said that by the time Emma found Henry, Henry would feel like an orphan to. Pan said that Henry had never forgiven Emma for giving her up the same way that Emma has never forgiven her parents. Will Emma be able to forgive them in time to save Henry? Will Henry forgive Emma or will he want to stay with Pan on the island?

[RumplesGirl]

Well I don’t for one second think Charming is going to die. But I do think he’s going to keep it to himself. I think it’s going to come very close for him.

I LOVED the Emma/Snow scene. So powerful.

I think Pan is going to make Henry feel welcome, like he has a home. And Henry will give up his heart willingly.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[kpercyman]

Watched Jake and the NL Pirates today about NL disappearing.  It had a tree that was fueled by belief.  Jake had to believe so much to make  the tree have fuel, it basically fed NL.  I wonder if this is the same thing with Henry’s heart.  What do orphans believe more than anything else in the world?  That their parents will come and get them.  Basically what Emma told Snow.

[Phee]

What do orphans believe more than anything else in the world? That their parents will come and get them.

Do orphans believe that though, or just hope for it? The Lost Boys of NL cry, so I dunno that there’s much belief in them, but I think the one who’s mindset we really need to figure out is Pan. So far he’s come across as being pretty hardcore and emotionless, but is that a mask for a lost little boy who desperately wants to believe that parents really can love their children? Or has he really decided 100% that there’s no such thing as familial love and he just likes screwing with people’s minds because it’s a fun game and people don’t deserve to be treated any better? What exactly is he trying to prove with these things he’s saying to Emma? Is he just trying to beat her down, or, like we suspect Rumple was doing in 301, is he telling her something negative in order to get her fired up so she can prove him wrong?

As far as how Henry feels, there was that interview where Jared implied that Henry had no one to believe in any more, so perhaps over time, he will start to doubt that his family will find him? Pan’s statement felt like he was speaking from experience, so he thinks it’s a foregone conclusion that Henry’s gonna feel that way too before too long. But if Pan needs the heart of the truest believer, then what does he gain if Henry’s heart starts to doubt? From what we’ve seen in the first two seasons, Henry is a very understanding kid. I honestly think he has been OK with accepting that Emma gave him up so he’d have his best chance. But perhaps being surrounded by all the orphans in NL will test that belief?

[RumplesGirl]

As far as how Henry feels, there was that interview where Jared implied that Henry had no one to believe in any more, so perhaps over time, he will start to doubt that his family will find him?

I think part of Pan’s mission is to get Henry to be one of the Lost Boys. I think he needs Henry to be willing to hand over his heart to his new family.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

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