Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151026005934/@comment-25926288-20151026133536

ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Eskaver wrote: Emma spoke the truth tonight and A&E wrote it so I'll use it against them.

Emma said, "Changing so someone likes you never works. I liked your father because he was always himself." (until the Fire Nation...I mean August ruined it.)

She pretty much said in simplicity that Hook changing for the better shouldn't have worked. It was pretty much contradictory of what Hook and her relationship is. I think Hook changing for the better (which he only has done partially as seen by his extreme angsty reactions) is reasonable and okay, but why have Emma say that and then have had experienced the opposite. On first viewing, I had no idea why Emma said that about Henry's father. Neal was never himself around her, and lied about who he really was.... granted, Emma never would have believed him anyway.

Upon second viewing, I realized what was truly happening. That was the moment, where Emma began manipulating Henry's emotions. She knew full well that Regina's tears, or even her's, would never be strong enough. Both women had healed from their first heartbreak, and found love with another. Whereas, Henry was still young and hopeful.... his heartbreak was just ripe for the taking. It's a little of both. Neal was himself around Emma. Just not at the end. We all saw their relationship and he was himself as much as she was herself, but only, ONLY, at the end of their relationship did he lie and set her up. Neal was his pseudonym. He told Rumple that and everyone else, so it's not really lying is he says he goes by Neal.