Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-30389283-20170508141020/@comment-30389283-20170508142516

Eskaver wrote: I wanted to do one as well. A sort of "Emma Swan Respect" Thread.

Once long ago in my early tumblr days, I mentioned how Emma was losing her way. Emma fans were not happy about that. Wasn't even shipping-related. I think deep down Emma is a solid character with a good impact. I think Emma is/should be the best developed character on the show.

Emma Swan felt alone and unloved. She found love, lost love, and discovered herself worthy of love once more. No matter how hard the shell on the outside, the face we put on around others, there's a vulnerability inside. After so much love lost and torn away from her, she didn't want to let it go. She clung selfishly to it, knowing that it might not last. Noone could tell her she was. Never was she nothing. Never was she alone. Never was she unloved. Emma reconized that there were no good versions, no bad versions, just who we are.

Other key quotes:

"I'm not nothing. I was never nothing."

"There are no good or bad versions of ourselves. It is just me." I love the "I'm not nothing. I was never nothing" quote. It gave me so much strength.