Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170410010002/@comment-28162607-20170416205438

CadoDoan wrote: I agree that everyone is not whole good and bad. Emma and Regina both made mistakes. But the thing is: Regina redeemed herself and became a better person and parent, while Emma became a bad parent compared to S1 and S2. They ruined her character to make her tie with Hook from S4 onward. Emma cares Hook SO MUCH more than Henry and her family. We know that because S5 exists xD So your definition of a good parent is locking your 13 year old child out of his own home (and only opening the door when he promises to believe in you), sending a bird to tell him you don't want to see him (therefore making it impossible for him to respond), ignoring phone calls from his grandparents to continue to bang your boyfriend, essentially telling him he is not good enough to make you happy ("You, me, Robin and Roland. That was the closest I have ever been to being happy"), making him devote all his time to helping you with your plan to murder an innocent woman and rape said boyfriend, throwing petty tantrums when he finally makes a connection with anyone other than you and chosing to stay in a reality with a fake version of your bf instead of getting back to your very real son.

And given that we know Regina still hasn't given those innocent people their hearts and enjoyed abusign Emma in s5, she is definitely not a better person.

And where is your evidence that Emma loves Hook more than her family? Given that she said "I will protect my family even if I have to kill you to do it" and actually killed him to save them, that proves the opposite, right?

But I forgot, Emma is a woman with a child and so must devote all her time and energy into Henry. If she looks at anyone who isn't Henry, or decides she wants to be something other than a mother, she is awful and must be punished.