Snow's Only Cares about Charming

[kfchimera]

Truidia:   Snow is not selfish and self-centered just because she does on occasion think of herself or David!  As others already covered a lot of why that is, I’ll just skip to the one most people agree with you on, which is Snow’s cave confession.  I went into it on the Regret thread, but again, this is a secret wish of Snow, and while hard to hear for Emma. it was not all bad for Emma either.  Emma relates to Snow as a friend, more than a mother, so she has sympathy and she has empathy as she might have felt a bit the same over Henry ‘s early days.  Third, a sibling would mean another person to love her and another person to love for her, so I don’t think it was just opening a raw gaping wound–though I think that’s how she felt after  Charming’s confession that he was not saved after all.

Slurpeez : I agree with that too, that Snow did the right thing telling Emma about Neal.  All of the emotional stuff you mention that invites various opinions and debate about what Emma wanted aside,  bottom line, Neal knew the way off the island.

If it had been Archie in that box with a way off, or even without one for that matter, no one would have second guessed going to get him.  They’d have had an easier time without Henry than with him and with Pan chasing him, so if they were going to go rescue, it would have to be a side mission.

 

[RumplesGirl]

Sometimes Snow just doesn’t think things through, a la the Neal situation in 306. She had it in her head that Neal was alive, no questions no tricks from Pan, and because once Snow believes it (be it right or wrong) she must act on it, she blurted it out to Emma. It’s a good thing Neal really WAS alive because POOR EMMA if he wasn’t. Snow also didn’t think of all the ramifications of being the one to light the candle and then manipulate–more or less–the killing of Cora. Yes it was the right thing to do? Maybe. But again, Snow didn’t quite think the consequences through of what it would mean for herself and for others.

Snow has a tendency to offer up her head/heart in moments of self sacrifice without considering any of the consequences–eating the apple, giving Regina her heart and asking for death. If you read Screwball you’ll see that she attributes this to Snow’s greatest trauma–being unable to save her mother–and so Snow continually tries to relive that trauma but turn it into a strength. So, she couldn’t save her mother with a sacrifice, so now she continually tries to sacrifice herself to make up for it. In NL she is sacrificing her own “life” (going back home) to stay wit David without even really considering other options or other people. I don’t know if it’s selfish so much as keeping in character.

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

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