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@LisaFromOH wrote:
I have a completely different theory, much less fully formed. It comes from a different interpretation of this line from the article about Emma:
She was visiting friends of her foster parents in the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, it would prove to be a trip that would earn her a juvenile criminal record.
I think that she didn’t commit the crime in Worcester, she met the people in Worcester who she eventually committed the crime with. Buut the actual crime happened in Arizona. One possibility would be meeting Henry’s father during that trip to Worcester. They decided to run away together and take a cross-country trip. It gets a little Bonnie and Clyde (although not that extreme) and they finally end up getting caught in Phoenix, only he abandons Emma. Maybe I’m going too much out on a limb, though.
As a journalism major, that feels like a lot of build-up when all the action (and the real damage against Emma) occurred in Phoenix. Plus, what kind of records could Glass of found that showed Emma meeting a guy in Worcester? Then again, Glass obviously works in the realm of sensationalism so it could fit his writing style to keep building up to the Phoenix events. It’s not like Storybrooke is such a hotbed of news that people would stop reading if he didn’t get to the good part right off. đ
[adrotate group="5"]Going to share this in case it jogs anymore interesting ideas:
Had a discussion a few days ago with my mom about Emmaâs past. My mom was very adamant that Emma wanted to raise Henry, even at 17. Even when I countered with, âisnât it refreshing seeing someone make a responsible decision and realizing they were over their heads?â she wouldnât budge from the idea that Emma would have wanted to raise Henry, knowing how things go in foster care. She has decided that Emma resorted to some type of theft (thatâs her criminal record) in order to provide for Henry, was caught and made some type of deal to get her record expunged as long as the child was signed over to the state (I think she thinks Gold left Storybrooke to make this âdealâ) Havenât explained to her about Worcester or how Rumple didnât have his memory back yet.
*Most if not all of this happened after she watched True North!Even though a lot of this doesn’t work with what we know, it started me thinking about WHY Emma would put a child into foster care after her experience with it. She is even aware that babies are returned from homes and can be just as unwanted.
I sadly could see Emma being abused by a foster parent/âfamily friendâ. The âkidsâ in this show havenât had the best luck in the system (Emma and August, but I canât see Bae doing much better). How old does someone have to be to be emancipated? I want to say 16 but Iâll have to check..anyway, Iâm sure your right hjbau, Emma would have gotten out of there ASAP. The only issue would be if she already had a criminal record/trouble with the law: the court wouldnât allow her.
Itâs difficult looking back because I do want to lump everything Emma has said together to explain Henryâs birth/Henryâs dad/her criminal record, but really her comments cover almost ten years of bad relationships and moving around and might not all be about the events between being 17 to 18. But still, Iâm also trying to make sense of it all together!
Whatever happened with Henryâs dad that made him ânot a heroâ, it has to be more than a misunderstanding or encouraging her to stand up for self. It has to be so deep a betrayal for her to describe him that way, or (when she meet him) she idealized him completely (teenagegirl crush anyone?). Headcanon is that he was a criminal, but maybe she started thinking of him as a Robin Hood type: giving to the poor, protecting the weak (normal hero stuff) and then she was present when he beat someone up (BADLY!). She realizes this guy isnât stable, isnât a hero, and bails: that sounds like the kind of guy you keep away from his kids to me.
Weird thought: what if Emma was already pregnant when she went to Worcester that night? She decides to start a new slate, actually wants to be a good parent (already knows baby daddy isnât going to be told), but decides to confront her childhood rapist in order to leave the past behind and move forward. Things get out of hand, he attacks her, and she defends herself until he blacks out. Thus, Henryâs dad is out of the picture, sheâs running from police, and living in her car.
