Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.162.224.171-20130311010520/@comment-7189500-20130526194703

Applegirl wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: It was a good decision to kill off Cora. She was a great character and antoganist. When she got her hearts back and had that loving smile, you just had to cry knowing she would drop dead any second. I don't often cry watching series, but I really had to wipe a tear away.

I agree with Snow's current personality, it sucks. She acts very stupid, then she wants this, then she wants that. It's annoying. It irritates me too that Henry keeps calling Regina mom, and Emma by her first name, just call them both your mom, I don't really get why they don't do that. The same with Emma towards her parents. I know that she met them as MM and David, but why doesn't she start calling them mom and dad, it only will help strengten the bond between them. It's so easy to point out a character's weak points and what you don't like about him/her, but it makes more sense trying to place yourself in that person's shoes. Snow White is not a bad character. She's certainly someone who has a high level of morals and standards. Think of the things/people who are important to her most for her whole life. When she was young, Snow was spoiled and ignorant about the level of haughtiness in which how she treated those lesser rank or stature than her. She believed treating them like that was correct because of her entitlement as a royal, but it was her mother who instilled in her the teachings of being respectful and kind to everyone no matter their rank. It was her mother's words that helped her to turn away from the candle even though it would have given her a chance to save her mother's life. Just because Snow is a "goody goody" doesn't make her a boring or hateful character, or at least that's how I see it because she's someone who learned from a young age to always hold kindness in her heart and following that rule all throughout her life. When Mary Margaret decided to change and turn the tables on Cora, that was a growth and conflict in her character. She was starting to lean to the other side because it was frustrating for her to have always be good and kind yet it was basicaly getting her nowhere in terms of winning/defeating those who threatened her and the lives of her family. Every character has traits that depending on perception people will find redeemable or interesting and for others flat or dull. But it's not necessary to basically kamikaze a whole character's characterization just because you don't like him/her.

As a viewer, it is also really easy to think things like, "Why didn't ___ do this? Why didn't ____ say this?" I think many viewers often forget a tv show should be watched as if the characters are real, living people who have feelings and emotions and can right or wrong decisions. So the things you see them doing or not doing is all part of the person in question. You ask why Henry doesn't directly to call Emma "mom" from the start when he first met her? I don't know how you can expect a kid who just met his birth mother to just right off the bat call her the "mom" word. As Henry said to Mr. Gold in "Manhattan", he did harbor some ill feelings about Emma having given him up, but he also explained he understood the situation better and forgave her for it. Just because Henry is a child meeting his birth mother does not make it any different than an adult adopted child meeting his or her birth parent for the first time. Do you think that person would call their birth parent "mom" or "dad" just like that? I don't think so. And as much as Henry is wrapped up in season one in thinking of Regina, his mom, as the Evil Queen, she is still his mother. She raised him. She is his legal guardian.

Same point with why Emma doesn't call MM and David "mom" and "dad" until the very end of the finale. She's spent the whole second season adjusting to her newfound family. In  the most earliest of episodes, like "Broken" and "We Are Both" you can obviously see she is still quite uncomfortable with the sudden change and discovery. You cannot possibly expect someone to adjust 100% to having just met her parents. And no, it's not something that can be finished and done with in three episodes and all of a sudden she starts calling them "mom" and "dad"?

In "We Are Both", what do you think Emma was crying about in the baby nursery scene? She was realizing for the first time that although it upsets her her birth parents did give her up and abandon her, they did it for good reason behind the action, and by giving their child up, Snow and Charming also had to give up their family and make sacrifices in splitting up due to the curse. Emma was getting emotional because she realized she's being put first in someone else's thoughts for once. Like any new relationship, it takes time and effort to get used to, especially for Emma. Think of Emma's character. She's spent most of her adult life shielding and hiding herself emotionally and not getting close to people. It makes perfect sense why it would take a lot more time for her to open herself up to her parents. You make a very good point. Your statements and thoughts helped me to better understand these characters.