Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160516005939/@comment-27257290-20160518171459

Eskaver wrote: Jordy267 wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: Ok, other than the cringeworthy monologue from the lion in front of the Library, I actually enjoyed Henry in this episode. He at least had motivation for his actions (misdirected though they were), he had a plan, and he followed through with the plan, and he succeded. You do realize that Henry is actually one of the best villains on the show now. XD

In all seriousness, I saw some nice character growth for his character, and hope that the writers might build on that next season. I agree Henry was more grown up in this episode, even if that grown-up is still annoying. I found it funny that they acted like this is the first time he tried to get rid of magic, not when he tried to blow up the well. It's even funnier to remember that in between these 2 events he almost died trying to save magic. And in not one of these situations does he listen to his parents? Although it really irritates me how shitty he was being to Dark Swan Emma about trying to fix everything without him, yet less than a season later he does the same to her. What happened to being a team, Henry? Oh wait, you have your girlfriend with you okay. Yeah, if you see movies or anything the power of "infatuation" is stronger than just about anything.

One issue I had with Henry and Voilet wasn't the weid Dad from Conneticut or Henry being Henry, but it follows what I think all the romances of Once suffer from: One person is the dominant force of doing, the other just accepts whatever the other says.

Henry plans on destroying magic without even asking Violet about how she will get home and if she wants to go home. Violet just agrees and goes on like the "Robin" that she is. I mean, Henry tosses her like 5 huge books, tells her to read each twice and then gets frustrated when they don't discover anything in the hour they've been there. Hilarious! I like to think Snow and Charming don't suffer from that, and it's simply a case of the both of them having identical thought patterns or something. But yeah, I hope Violet gets to develop more and be more than the show's token teenage romance and Henry's sidekick.