Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24894791-20160812225158/@comment-24894791-20160813200826

Hmcooper4 wrote: Also, I think that Henry will be tested by the Author's powers. I mean, he's human, just like the rest of the people, and therefore prone to make unwise choices. Like using his author powers to obtain the olympian shard.

Here's an interesting thought, though. When Isaac was the author (and all previous authors for that matter), they were kept in check by Merlin and the Apprentice. Henry now has the Author powers, and has NOONE to keep him in check (other than Regina and Emma). Merlin was killed to provide the heart used for the 4th casting of the DC in Camelot, and the Apprentice died after the struggle with the Darkness. That leaves things open for Henry to potentially use the Author powers unwisely.

And Henry is decended from Gold, so might have some of that darkness built in, but I'd be more concerned that he spent the first 10 years of his life being raised by the Evil Queen. To be fair, he did say sometime in S1/S2 that he was never really close with her, that the town thought he was crazy, and he didn't have friends due to being her kid. So I don't think his early life would cause him to go dark, as she didn't really influence him. But I do agree he may be tempted think of it. S1: he had to go under a Sleeping Curse to convince Emma to break the curse, S2 he was helpless while his mom and grandma got sucked into the EF, and then he got kidnapped. S3, Stuck on Neverland. S4, he didn't do much until he became the Author. S5, helpless as Hook did his evil stuff and eventually died. Almost everything Henry has been able to do is because he's the Author, without it he's pretty much helpless on the sidelines. Just like Gold. Gold, without the Dark One powers, is helpless on the sidelines. Very interesting parallel. And Henry is arguably the most powerful person on this show now, so I think he should be tempted to use the powers unwisely.