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4.) Cora. She reminds me of one of those moms who always enter their daughters into child beauty pagaents even though its clear that’s not what the daughter wants.
Cora reminds me of Mama Rose from Gypsy and Joan Crawford from Mommie Dearest.
[adrotate group="5"]Watcher, I would have to agree with your list, but I’d put Emma up there right under Snowing. Even though she gave up Henry, ever since she reunited with him, she’s tried to be the best mom she can be
Watcher, I would have to agree with your list, but I’d put Emma up there right under Snowing. Even though she gave up Henry, ever since she reunited with him, she’s tried to be the best mom she can be
Ohhh, I cant believe I even forgot about Emma :O now that I think about it, idk who should go under snowing…. Emma… or regina?
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Ohhh, I cant believe I even forgot about Emma :O now that I think about it, idk who should go under snowing…. Emma… or regina?
Maybe Emma and Regina tie? Because both of them love Henry more than anything and would sacrifice their happiness for his safety.
I don’t know who’s worse the Sultan or Pan…Perhaps in the long run Pan since at least the Sultan had some sympathy to him in the end. I’m not sure
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Parent ranking from Best to Worst
1. Neal/Baelfire- Ever since Neal found out he was a father, he did his absolute best to be there for Henry and never let him down. He wanted to avoid the same mistakes Rumple made and even allowed himself to fall through a portal and travel to Neverland to save Henry.
2. Charming- Charming is protective of Emma but also knows that she is an adult capable of making her own decisions. He is supportive of her but never tried to force the parent thing on her unlike Snow. He let Emma come to him. The only reason Charming isn’t top is that he sometimes gives in to Snow’s demands which can sideline Emma such as when he was helping Emma look for the WW and Snow summoned him to meet Zelena.
3. Emma- Emma loves Henry and does her best to set a good example for him. In season 1, she showed him that good could win without the aid of trickery and was even willing to let Regina “win” in their fight over Henry and leave Storybrooke as it wasn’t in Henry’s interest to have both his moms going at each other’s throats. In season 2, she fought to get back from Storybrooke from the EF and travelled to Neverland to help save Henry. She forged a friendship with Regina so that Henry wouldn’t be forced to choose between the two. Emma loses a few points because in 4A she seemed to care more about spending time with Hook rather than with her son.
4. George- He actually cared about James and was heartbroken when his son died. Although George isn’t a good guy, he was a good father.
5. Ruth- Ruth lost points for giving up one of her twin boys at birth to save the farm. However, she raised Charming well and even gave her life so that her son could have the family he’d always dreamed of.
6. Eva- She taught Snow to respect the lower classes rather than just being a royal brat. Snow saw her mother as a role model of kindness hence why she was so devastated at finding out what her mother used to be like. Eva lost points for being the root cause of Snow’s problems. If she hadn’t shown such disrespect for Cora, Cora wouldn’t have decided to seek revenge on Eva and Snow thus setting Snow up to take the blame for Daniel’s death.
7.Robin Hood- Robin is a decent father, he loves his son and would do all he can to protect him. However, Robin loses points for allowing Roland to be used as bait for the shadow and also for being so gung ho for Regina when he’d only known her as the Evil Queen. He loses further points for willingly pursuing a relationship with the murderer of Roland’s mom but regains a couple only for the fact that Regina has redeemed herself and Marian was okay with him and Regina being together. On the parenting front, Robin is good. On the husband/partner front there is considerable room for improvement.
8.Regina- Regina loves Henry and raised him well and would do anything for him. She loses points for gaslighting him in season 1 and doing her best to kill off his family tree in season 2. She regains points for Neverland but loses some with the whole OQ plot especially when she rejected Henry because Robin initially chose Marian.
9.Rumple- Rumple loves Bae dearly and would do anything to protect him but loses points for taking it too far and doing dark things in front of his son. He is constantly sliding back and forth on the redemption road and needs to learn to do the right thing on its own merits rather than how well it will reward him. He gains points for sacrificing himself to ensure his son’s happiness but loses some for his actions in 4A which Neal would not approve of. Rumple also raised Baelfire well before the whole Dark One business started.
10.Snow- Snow lost a lot of points when she told Emma in the echo caves that the relationship they had was not what she wanted and that’s why she wants another baby. She loses further points with her reactions to Emma during Emma’s struggle with her powers and for trying to push Emma too much with the parent thing when Emma clearly wanted her to back off. Snow regains points for the level of devotion and care she shows baby Neal however, at times it can verge on the possessive, over-protective and smothering kind.
11.Henry Sr- It could be argued that Henry Sr was as equally a victim of Cora’s abuse as Regina was, however at the same time, it was his duty as a parent to protect his daughter. He did stand by Regina until his death and did try to encourage her not to seek the path of revenge but find happiness elsewhere.
12.Leopold- Leopold isn’t the worst parent we’ve seen on the show but dragging his daughter around in the search for a new wife isn’t the best thing to do. He cares for Snow and loves her but wasn’t there for her during Eva’s funeral. It’s not clear whether Snow actually wanted a new mother or if she was just going along with Leopold’s plan to keep him happy.
13.Milah- Milah lost a lot of points for just walking out on Baelfire and Rumple without so much as a goodbye. She allowed Rumple to believe she was going to be raped by a bunch of pirates which forced him into telling Bae his mother was dead. Hook claims that they were going to come back for Bae when he was older which leads to the question of whether she expected to be able to just swoop in and take Bae away from the loving father who raised him.
14.Xavier (Henry Sr’s dad)- When he tells Cora who said she doesn’t love his son that there “wasn’t much there to love”, you know there is a problem. He didn’t care that Cora had a gentleman caller in Rumple so long as Cora kept the kingdom in pocket with gold. He was happy to sell Henry Sr off to the highest bidder.
15.Pan/Malcolm- Pan admitted he hated Rumple since his birth and tried to offload him onto the spinsters. It’s questionable how far Rumple ranked up on the hate/like scale for Malcolm as Malcolm seemed happy to have Rumple with him potentially forever in Neverland but was happy to abandon him to become young again. Malcolm also at least tried to get Rumple into a good home instead of just leaving him on the streets. Pan’s plan never really involved Rumple and he tried many times to get his son to leave Neverland.
16.Cora- I’ve ranked Cora below Pan because, whilst Pan wanted nothing to do with Rumple, Cora was the exact opposite when it came to Regina so much so she was trying to control Regina which is worse than abandonment. She forced Regina to obey and inevitably passed on her “love is weakness” outlook to Regina who has only now started to overcome the effects of Cora’s abuse.
17.Archie’s Parents- When their own son who is normally kind and mild-mannered sought out the Dark One for a way to get rid of his parents because he was so unhappy, there is a massive problem with that relationship.
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Keeper of Felix5. Ruth- Ruth lost points for giving up one of her twin boys at birth to save the farm.
Hmmm… but did she know James would be raised by royalty? I mean im not a parent, but I think I could sleep easier at night knowing that the child would be raised by someone who could definetly give it the life I couldn’t rather than…ya know… not knowing whether or not Rump would eat it >_> its one thing to just hand the baby over, but its more understandable if she knew where it was going because, again, shes handing over to the Dark One. For all she knew he could have wanted to eat it or use its organs for a potion. I think she did what she could. If she didn’t she’s hve had to raise two children while being homeless. But idk. Im not a mother….
Also…. It’s a dog! IT’S A DOG…WITH EYEBROWS!!!! 😀
"I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGICOoh, Archie’s parents! I almost forgot about them! 😮
Speaking of which, we can’t forget Geppetto / Marco!
I’d say he’s pretty high on the “good parent” list. 🙂 😎SFG
(PS, spellcheck wants to change “Geppetto” to “Geptepto”. Whaa?) 😆
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5. Ruth- Ruth lost points for giving up one of her twin boys at birth to save the farm.
Hmmm… but did she know James would be raised by royalty? I mean im not a parent, but I think I could sleep easier at night knowing that the child would be raised by someone who could definetly give it the life I couldn’t rather than…ya know… not knowing whether or not Rump would eat it >_> its one thing to just hand the baby over, but its more understandable if she knew where it was going because, again, shes handing over to the Dark One. For all she knew he could have wanted to eat it or use its organs for a potion. I think she did what she could. If she didn’t she’s hve had to raise two children while being homeless. But idk. Im not a mother.
I don’t think she did know where the baby would go. Ruth said Charming’s father ended up in an early grave because of the guilt he felt. If they were aware the baby was going to royalty, why would they have felt guilt?
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