Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150819040345/@comment-25758988-20150827214932

Oh I can definately get on board about Emma being a strong female role model and I also agree with you that her showing her emotions and breaking down does not make her any less so. The show has kinda made it its signature to develop strong females who do not need a man or don't need anyone or anything standing up for them, they can fight their own battles. While the men are not wuzzes, they can fight and do the daring challenge and even do the romantic gesture without any of it coming across as sexist.

I do like the idea of Emma, I like the character in as much as I like the idea of a show using Snow and Charmings child grow up and being the savior and someone who can bring back the happy endings. This is what drew me to the show in the first place. On paper Emma is a fantastic character and actually if Once was just a grphic novel or a book I would prob feel differently towards her But on screen she just does not match up to the characters who play so many different versions of themselves and seeing that and understanding a characters change is more of a visual things that allows these characters to grow right before our eyes. Emma does not.

Actually Emma was ok while she was living in New York, she was developing a interesting side to her personality without any magic, any curses any weird looks when she tells people Snow and Charming are her parents. She became the bad ass i saw in the initial episode. Even Henry's seemed better and was very grounded which on a show like once its a very difficult place to get to, being grounded in a mgical place is difficult. I could understand why Emma was determind to go back to New York after she solved the case of the missing year. I like the concept of her struggling with magic and family or normal lives. It was an interesting parallel with the 1st curse, I would have loved a discussion between Emma and say Snow or Charming going back to past memories and past lives even if they are not real. Would have added a few more layers.