Regina’s love for Henry

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@Midnight Dreary wrote:

And why would she trust Mr. Gold to get it for her?

My guess there is that Regina can’t leave SB as any other character in town, but she knows Gold has his ways of getting what he wants. I don’t think she knew he would get a child from the outside world, but he was someone who could get things done.

On the subject of Henry&Regina. I’ve also been wondering how Henry got the idea that she’s evil. Yes, she has a real problem showing her affection (due to her evil deeds as well as the curse), but it’s there, Henry just doesn’t recognize it.
I do hope we get to see some scene from before Emma came to town, how their relationship was and also how it’s going to develop.

[weedith]

In one of the very early episodes (possibly the pilot) when Regina is first talking to Emma, doesn’t Regina say that Henry has had a hard time since she became mayor because it takes so much of her time? I suppose that could have just been an excuse to placate Emma and get her to leave town since Regina has been mayor “as long as anyone can remember.”

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Regina has been mayor sense the curse began 28 years ago. She doesn’t run for mayor. She just is mayor. Though maybe she will have to run in the future depending where they go with the show after this season.

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@darcyfarrow wrote:

I was just rewatching “Still Small Voice” and I’m convinced Regina does love Henry; her reactions to Henry’s entrapment–for example, the way she swallows her pride to cooperate with Emma–suggest to me real concern and affection for Henry. I suppose it’s possible she’s putting on a show for her constituents, but the catch in her voice convinces me. If Regina is redeemed at series’ end, I think it will be because of her love for Henry and vice versa.

It’s been a while since I watched that ep, (but now I have an excuse to), but I thought that the bulk of Regina’s panic and concern in that ep stemmed from the fact that she knew what was down there. Her son, who believes all the fairytale stuff, and his therapist, who she doesn’t want believing all the fairytale stuff, were underground somewhere in the same place as there was physical proof of all the fairytale stuff. For all Regina knew, they’d stumbled on Snow White’s coffin and Henry was telling Archie, “You see, I TOLD YOU SO.” No wonder she was on edge.

As to how she decided to adopt Henry, my hunch is that Gold planted the notion in her head. Gradually, over small conversations, bit by bit his suggestions led her to “realize” that she ought to be a mother…all part of his scheme to bring the savior to town.

I like this idea!

@rumplegoldfan wrote:

I would love to get my hands on Archie’s notes! In reality (so to speak since this is a TV show) I wonder why Henry thinks Regina is evil. Is it only because he has identified her as the EQ and knows what she has done via the book? Is he harder on her because he knows she’s the evil queen so that when she tells him not to leave his shoes on the stairs and when she grounds him for sneaking out of the house he looks at that as evil as opposed to normal things that moms do?

My guess would be yes. Once you believe that someone is an evil, fairytale queen, that would surely taint your view of everything she does.

@rumplegoldfan wrote:

I almost wonder if the problem is Henry – and if that is the reason he was initially in therapy. Depending on when Henry got the book and realized Regina was the EQ, he could have been pulling away from her for years or months. What if they had a normal relationship and then he suddenly changed when he got the book? We don’t know if Henry knew he was adopted until he got the book – that could affect how he interacts with Regina as well.

We don’t know if he knew he was adopted pre-book, but he surely knew he was different, and that he didn’t fit in, that he wasn’t like the other kids. When you grow up in a town where you’re the only person who ever ages, that’s gotta mess with your head. Wonder what Regina would say to him when he’d ask her why he was different. Maybe she just brushed off the question like he was being silly. And possibly told him not to ask anyone else about it, (because she wouldn’t want anyone else in town questioning it too). Maybe that’s where his animosity towards her stems from?

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@weedith wrote:

In one of the very early episodes (possibly the pilot) when Regina is first talking to Emma, doesn’t Regina say that Henry has had a hard time since she became mayor because it takes so much of her time? I suppose that could have just been an excuse to placate Emma and get her to leave town since Regina has been mayor “as long as anyone can remember.”

Yes!! She did say that – I think it was the pilot. But now that I think about it, how exactly did that work – does that mean that Henry has had a hard time since he arrived?? Because don’t we assume that Regina has been the mayor since the curse was enacted? So I wonder if that is also an excuse that Regina has been trying to use with Henry only it doesn’t work because he realizes that she has ALWAYS been the mayor. Maybe that is part of the problem with their relationship and part of the reason he has had to be in therapy for so long. Did Regina and Archie even realize that Henry noticed that time stood still in Storybrooke? That could have been the beginning of the issue – once Henry got old enough to realize that something wasn’t right and started to verbalize that to Regina their relationship would have tanked – even if they had been very close and affectionate when he was younger, that would have been the end of their relationship!!

I wonder what would happen if Regina were to acknowledge that the book and the curse were real?? Even though she is the Evil Queen (awkward 😕 ), letting Henry know that she believes in him and acknowledging that he is right could actually help their relationship. Granted you still have the whole “my mom is a witch” issue to deal with but I guess it does open the door for honest discussion, right? To give Regina the benefit of the doubt here, how exactly is she supposed to deal with this situation – she either admits that she is the EQ and opens that whole can of worms or she lies and deals with issues there.

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