Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161205015930/@comment-25926288-20161207192403

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: According to Adam on Twitter, Emma being basically a pre-Ariel Disney Princess is her punishment from the wish. If Emma had truly been raised by Snow and Charming, she would've been more like them and less like... Well, a doormat.

So to me at least, that's conclusive proof that this AU is nothing like how it would've been in real life. So, I guess on Once proper, genie wishes are just bad all around. She has a vengeful son (although he had every right to stop Regina), dead or old romantic partners (assuming Hook is old or dead), but she hasn't had a care in the world.