Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5094906-20150510215812/@comment-24674051-20150512142700

Starlynne wrote: I think Emma took on the Dark One on not just because of Regina. I think she wanted to keep her promise to her friend that she would get her the happy ending yes, but it was also to save her son, her parents and Killian too. Plus being the savior is her job.

Don't think the bond is anything more than a shared love of Henry and friendship.

Plus if people notice the sacrifices are all pretty much one sided. Emma may sacrifice for Regina but Regina doesn't sacrifice for Emma. Only Emma's parents, Killian, and Henry do that. That's true love and family. Yes Regina,took knife for Henry but Hook got stabbed both  for Henry & Emma. Not to much none of them would have been in the situation they were in this season if it hadn't been for Regina's wanting a short cut to her happy ending.

Think Lana is a great actress. Up until this last season I also really liked the character of Regina, but thinking less of her this season.

Personally hope she will be too busy with her Zelena issues to have much to do with Emma's story this arc but doubt that will be the case.

At any rate that's just my personal take and hope it doesn't upset anyone it's just how I feel at this point. Just to clarify my position, I totally agree that the bond between the women is nothing more than a very deep and personal friendship. One that has been growing since the first season. There is NOTHING romantic about SwanQueen. and I would not even call them Frenemies at this point. They went through that stage in Seasons 2 and 3A (and a little during the first part of 4a). They are, at this point, life long besties. Yes, we've seen Emma give up everything for Regina. And while we may not have seen it yet, I think the Regina we saw at the end of Isaac's story is a foreshadowing of what may be coming for Regina. Not the death, necessarily, but the sacrifice.