Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20180101191335/@comment-25536775-20180119232349

TIAB1234 wrote: DracoWombat wrote:

She can be emotionally manipulative and commit unspeakable acts such as kidnapping a child for the sake of her family. Snow's darkness is what makes her interesting and my favorite character in the show. What Isaac made her do to Mal and Lily. That does not count at all. Here's the proof of that (Jane the writer confessed she made a mistake in saying only the Apprentice was made to doing it): https://mobile.twitter.com/nickyaiuto1/status/824611608299200512 Which proves and hints that she didn't do it in her own free will and that Isaac made it for her with his pen. And besides Snow and Charming got mother and daughter back together (after Emma's failure because when Lily was leaving Storybrooke) and arrested the real culprit who made them do it.

Isaac did indeed "set them in the path", as Jane says, but he didn't force them to do it. In 4x16, Snow clearly takes responsibility for her actions. Unlike the Apprentice, she had no memory of being controlled by someone else. The Author set up the situation, but he only actively controlled the Apprentice.