Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151120140037

Besides the deeper voice and new walls and 506 Emma, Emma has always been a bit gung-ho when it came to villains. Her plan killing Zelena was shown as something un-Emma like and some don't like that, but that's the Emma that we know. It's not always mentioned but it's shown.

Ignoring the who darkness potential mess that makes no sense, Emma has always bordered on darkness. Season 4 had Emma mention driving the dagger in Rumple's heart. Sure she didn't mean that but they acted like Emma was totally out of bounds. Early in season 4, we saw Elsa and Emma come upon Ingird once they broke the bonds and got their magic back and they knew how the Spell had to be broken and this happen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYv9JydN-s0

In the first ten seconds of that video, you can see that Elsa can't hurt her because of goodness, I guess, but Emma's not hesitant at all with hurting and potentially killing Ingrid. Who was amongst the least antagonistic villians. Let's not forget Cruella (which was justified) and Lily.

So, in essence, The Dark Swan and Emma are really not so different. Emma might be a tad more liberal with magic, but her plan was nothing short of regular Emma. Besides 506 and Emma weirdly telling Merida to kill Belle (which I believe that Emma would have healed her because if Belle died her plans would be ruined), Emma has always been her like she said. 