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Because some people in the audience haven't grasped the concept that he is a child/pre teen and expect him to react to things the way adults do. And he's also an abuse survivor, which is obviously going to colour the way he reacts to things.

Also, Jared is a very capable actor. Watch 6x06, he's great in that. And he plays Pan in 3x10 brilliantly. The issue was the writers making him rehash the same things since s4, either "author gibberish" or "no mom, you've changed!"

And like you said, some Regina fans hated him in s1 because he didn't willingly submit to her abuse.

Henry Swan is very precious and I will protect him with my life.