Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-24674051-20151211194305

I disagree with the comparison of Hook as Emma's "Dagger". You say that nothing stands between Emma and Henry, and that statement is fact. Going back to Broken Heart, Emma did something that would hurt Henry to free Merlin (and as a side comment, taking a 13 year old girl's heart falls into the Evil category, so stop complaining about them not showing the darkness within Emma), with the desired result being to rid herself of the Darkness. I think had she rid herself of the darkness at that point, she would have come clean, taken her lumps, and moved on. Fast Forward to Storybrooke, and we see Emma arranging things to make up (at least in her mind) for the damage done.

Clearly the darkness was clouding her judgement.

When Hook threatened her family, especially Henry, she had to struggle, yes (but who wouldn't). But in the end she chose to sacrifice Hook for everyone else. There is NO way that Gold would EVER have done that for Bae.