Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151211170125/@comment-4427410-20160507194941

The time Emma realizes she's endangered her family and child, they claim it's all okay and Emma did no wrong. Emma can't grow if the writers/ other characters keep telling her that everything she does is the right thing. I blame the writers. They will not fully acknowledge Emma's mistakes and crimes. She hasn't been put on the carpet for car theft. We're supposed to view that damn car as a symbol of her relationsihp with Neal, instead of the fact that she and Neal had selfishly stolen a car that did not belong to them. . . and that she selfishly kept it. The writers refused a follow up to Snow's attempt to murder Mulan back in early S2 and Emma's failure to stop the attempt. There were NO emotional consequences following that. Emma screwed up again by trying to change time and prevent Marian from being executed by Regina. NO ONE castigated her for trying to change time. Well, Hook made a half-hearted attempt and nothing more. Regina castigated her for four episodes before she quickly forgave Emma. The latter learned NOTHING from her mistake. . . even after she found out that Zelena had killed Marian and impersonated her. There were no real consequences from Emma's murder of Cruella de Vil. Nothing. She never realized that she could have saved Henry without committing murder. And many fans pretended that she had done nothing wrong. Emma simply has not developed as a character. Period.