Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-4877635-20150218173447/@comment-25926288-20150426123726

Can I say that part of me isn't looking forward to this episode?

It's no secret that Emma isn't in my Fav 5 or my Top 10 characters I like on Once, but I'm not really looking forward to Emma's backstory. Every Emma-centric flashback is the same thing: Emma gets betrayed/ left and surprise FTL character! Emma of Season 1 was our real-world stand-in into the fairytale world and town of Storybrooke; however, the writers has done everything in their power to make her into a FTL character. Each season they progressively made her into one and ridding her of what made her interesting in the first place. (I'm not saying she isn't interesting, just that she started completely different.) Let's go through her great flashback interactions:

Neal, first boyfriend and baby daddy, betrayed and left her and is a FTL character.

August, older brother figure, left her and is a FTL character.

Ingrid, first adopted parent, betrayed her trust (in that she cares about her) and is a FTL character.

Lilith, first best friend, betrayed her trust and is a.....omg..a FTL character.

Wouldn't be surprised if Kevin is actually a Lost Boy working for Pan to guide her and Neal together. Or is Mr. and Mrs. Swan are the Swan princess and that guy.

This is what every Emma flashback is about! I know some grow tired of Snow-Regina feud #95739547, but that at least fills in some gaps and differ slightly as we learn about the characters. Emma's just shows us what we know time and time again. Am I suppose to believe that besides Ingrid Emma was never adopted? How about we see her being adopted by The Swans (I guess that's where she got her last name)? Why doesn't she mention them (or compare them to the Charmings)? Or the foster care people that she must at least view as parents? Does Emma actually have any friends or associates besides the #SurpriseFTLcharacter? Does Emma live in a bubble where noone cares to talk or meet her? No boss, no neighbors, no anything!

I look forward to Lilith, the Emma-Lilith adult confrontation, what happens in Storybrooke, and the likely 15-second scene of the Sorcerer and Aprenny (Wouldn't be surprised if he dies in that scene too or is never seen again!). I may play the Devil's advocate or seem cynical, but I like every episode and watch promos twenty times over. I enjoyed the dynamic of every episode, even the largely irrelevant (to the narrative) Robin Hood episode. But this episode, I don't know. Regardless, I look forward to watching it and seeing if it proves me wrong!