Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26225812-20150625072936/@comment-6175354-20151125171120

Eskaver wrote:

Emma went dark because of romantic love for Hook. They even have promos screaming that Hook is Emma's one true love.....even though Henry is Emma's true love and that's confirmed. IT's shown you can truly love more than one thing, but they take romance over anything else.

So, Mulan being the LGBT character has to get a romance because that's the only way shallowly she gets her happy ending. But on an outside perspective, it gives hope to the LGBT community, but the show is more about stretching hope than actually being about it. I think, this is more that Emma shut herself off from romance, for so long. She could not even look at Henry when he was born, because he was a reminder of her heartbreak. She already opened herself up to loving her son and her parents. The final step, is opening herself up to a meaningful relationship with someone. After all, Henry is growing up. While, David and Mary Margaret have their own lives.

Mulan, on the other hand, has little to no personality other than being a closeted lesbian.... which, is really sad.