Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150420021238/@comment-5106672-20150420025248

Well, it's true that Emma could have simply poofed the gun away, since she was already able to move objects as of 3x18. But then what? For all she knew Cruella could have shoved Henry down the ravine, and we have no instance of Emma being able to poof people away, i.e. Henry to safety.

Anyways, big freaking deal. It's Storybrooke, not RainbowKisses&UnicornStickers Land. Archie – yes, Archie! – has currently twice Emma's body count. Ruby's far exceedes Cruella's. Snow and Charming went into a frigging war to take back the kingdom – we've even seen Charming kill dark knights on screen in Pilot. What's the deal?

And yes, Rumple said if Snow had killed Regina in Heart Of Darkness her heart would become as dark as her victim's, but it merely blackened when she killed Cora, the Mother Of All Murder. Emma took down one homicidal maniac, so what?