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however she’s an adult and should’ve known better of the consequences of this decision, however hard it would be, and that once she gave in, she couldn’t possibly go back to her life as if nothing happened
To me, nothing would go back to how it was the moment Henry knocked on her door. Soon as they were introduced, there was no turning back to a world where Emma doesn’t exist in Henry’s life. Even if all Emma ever did was say “Go home kid” and shut the door on him… he would still have met his birth mother. And she would have seen her son. And it’s easier to say walk away from that than to actually do so.
but I guess my point is that Emma, as a character, keeps appearing as this slightly immature, lost person, that has a grudge on her childhood without her parents and cannot get it out of her way, even though, theoretically, she did the same thing – slightly hypocrytical?
I truly, truly hate the comparison that Emma giving Henry up for adoption is the same thing as Emma’s situation as a child. Talking about Emma’s perspective that she’s had for 28 years… being left abandoned on the side of a freeway… is nowhere near the same thing as giving your child up for adoption. People keep referring to Emma giving Henry up as abandonment or “dumping” him or something. No, adoption isn’t any of those things. I don’t understand why people are looking poorly on that decision or that Emma is hypocritical of giving up Henry because she was abandoned.
She cannot even bring herself to show some forbearance once she’s reunited with Snow and Charming, she just keeps digging, finding excuses.
I’m confused by this. Finding excuses for what? Digging for what?
really had no right to reappear in his life and she should’ve known better.
You’re blaming Emma coming into Henry’s life as if she sought him out. What is she supposed to do? This kid showed up on her doorstep. So she drives him home but every conversation they have, he’s begging her to stick around for a little while.
Emma staying in town isn’t about Regina. It isn’t about wanting Henry back. It is about this kid that she gave birth to whom sought her out is begging her to stick around. Second to last episode of the season Emma says,
let’s be honest – we both know the world where I’m not in his life no longer exists, and there’s no one who can do anything about that.
That’s true even in the very beginning of the series. He’s re-entered her life. He’s wanting to get to know her, spend time with her, etc.. what is she supposed to do? Just ignore him? Not care? Yes, she gave him up… but that’s still her son. She still carried him for 9ish months, gave birth to him. There is a connection there even if it’s been a long time.
I agree with you that in the real world if a person puts their child up for adoption (and putting a child up for adoption shouldn’t be synonymous with “dumping” their child), they shouldn’t have a right to re-enter the child’s life and try to take the kid away.
But, that’s not what happened in this story at all.
So, to re-iterate… Emma is minding her own business, Henry finds her, gets her to drive him back to his house, begs her to stay, seeks her out repeatedly, the boy’s mother literally threatens her twice in less than 24 hours. Something is fishy, she isn’t sure what. She sticks around. And we know the story.. as more time goes on and on, she falls in love with this kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD9aRaSb_eo
Character study of Emma and her relationships with Mary Margaret/Snow, Neal, and Henry.
up to “Tallahassee”
Very nice, even though I don’t subscribe to the Neal-is-Bae thinking.
Does anyone know of any other SwanThief fanfic out there? Their ship seems to be popular but not very popular with fic. I’m looking preferably where Neal is not Bae, but if it’s well written I can let it slide if he is.
I’m pretty sure Neal is the dad. They were together, she gets arrested, two months later she finds out she’s pregnant… I’m pretty definitive. Emma can have other relationships or in her words “one-nighters” beyond Henry’s father. My guess is she got involved with a married man either knowingly or unknowingly some time after Neal.
He was wearing a suit. It could be for two reasons. Scratch that, three reasons.
He has a job in which you need to wear a suit
He’s job hunting/interviewing
He went to court (because he’s still shady)
Me though, I think he’s legit. And now that the moment has finally come where Emma is “free” – he’s not sure what to do with that info. Orrr.. he hadn’t thought about her in years and is now like “hunh, oh yeah, that hot teen I effed over…”
