Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20171111015844/@comment-31231929-20171111205847

DatNuttyKid wrote: Emillian Swanones wrote: DatNuttyKid wrote: Emillian Swanones wrote: The scene in which Henry said that Regina was the first person to love him made me really angry. The show made it very clear that Emma was the first one to love him and ignoring that was disrespectful to both Emma and the Swan Beliver relationship which was the central relationship in the show. Henry’s cursed memories are that he was born in prison and that he grew up in the system. That connection he has with Emma was almost enough to reduce my anger at the “Regina was the first person to love Henry” scene, key word being almost. But thank you show for writing that, it was needed. I like Emma as much as the next guy, but you have to look at it from Henry's point of view: he was given up. Regardless of Emma's intentions and what happened later, this is not how you make a child feel loved, and even Emma treated that as a mistake later in the series (particularly once she had memories of not giving him up). Regina was the first person to show him love and to make him feel loved, even if he didn't realize it at first. I have to disagree. The reason Emma gave Henry up was because she loved him enough to give him a chance at a better life. Regina is the first person who Henry remembers having loved him, but Emma was the first person to show him love. Technically, Rumplestiltskin was the first person to love Henry because he foresaw all of this. Why are we erasing Rumple's involvement in Henry's life?

Seriously, this is just nitpicking. I know it's nitpicking and I'm not upset at the line anymore (I was more upset at the line and not the actual scene), I just feel like it would have been better if Henry had said something along the lines of "You were the first person I remember loving me" instead of "You were the first person to love me." I tend to take things more literally than they should be, so when Henry said that, my first thought was that the show was ignoring Emma's impact on Henry's life.