Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-2157876-20131009043838/@comment-2157876-20131013185643

Utter solitude wrote: Rinkai wrote: That's right it's not fair to the others characters,  this is not just a retelling of Snow White, this is a big shared universe of fairytales being retold that used Snow White's story as a basis for the show, we get to know Snow's past and its ramifications to the present, but right now, we know what we needed to know about Snow White, now it's time to move on and make room for all the other characters like Ruby or Hook (please more Hook) to have their own relevant story arc not just episodic appereances. I could do without Snow-charming-regina's memories, i'm desperate to know more about Henry and Emma's past before they knew each other. But it is a retelling of Snow White. It's Kitsis and Horowitz's story, and that story is Snow White. You want them to refocus their story, and that's kind of unreasonable XD They've said over and over that it's about Snow White, and that's not going to change. This is a TV show, not a novel, I know what you mean but sometimes TV shows need to change their focus in order to keep gaining audience. I am not saying the show should kill off Snow or to stop showing Snow memories, what I mean is that Snow's presence should be relevant for the current events on the show.

For example, this episode is dealing with the acceptance of being alone in the past, represented by being an Orphan, a fate shared by Emma, Henry and Snow. Given the writers avoided Emma's past, they chose a Snow backstory, who is the best example of what it means to be an orphan or at least what it means growing up without a mother. But instead of follow the events of "The Queen is Dead" with a Younger Snow dealing with the lost of a parent, we see a backstory of Snow feeling lost for not accepting her role as rightful Ruler, I just see a forced link to the current events.

Just imagine, Emma crying because she has accepted she was alone and is an orphan (a lost girl) and Mary Margaret is comforting her saying "You know I was once lost and lonely because I didn't want to accept i was born to be a Queen, which is why I totally understand what you're going through"