Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26159109-20151209210031/@comment-25926288-20151209211159

Oh, I thought she was darker in 4a. 4b, she clearly was sick XD I always point to how casually Emma was going to kill Ingrid. Almost scary.

To recap it:

Ingrid says, "Come be my sisters." Elsa says she can't do it, can't hurt her. And Emma responds, "Well, I can." Then, she's readies to blast Ingrid to smithereens.

It was a narrative twist. The story changed in between 506 and 507. Think of it as 507 to 510 was rushing to the finale. Up until 506 we thought Emma was evil. JMO played Emma as if she was evil and filled with dark intentions, even if she had unlterior motives. Look at how she forged Excalibur and she had a vision warning to not do that as if she was giving into Darkness, but at the end, it makes no sense. Merlin's warning makes no sense. So, in turn, Emma's "dark path" was dropped.

The first 6 or 7 episodes was firmly under the belief that Emma had done something and was dark. Everything else was "Just kidding, Hook is the dark Dark One." No foreshaodwing whatsoever.

But enough about plot, character-wise, Emma having a selfish streak is warranted and her fall into that mode was okay. The addiction to magic was wonderful, but the motivation of not giving it up was weak. At the end, her selfishness won and it continues to this day. The problem with that is........well, she didn't learn a thing! It's like she touched a hot stove, got reprimanded, touched it again, and got rewarded. Ummm, what?