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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-02-21 06:09 pm

[ SECRET POST #2242 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2242 ⌋

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SPOILER FOR "Manhattan"

[personal profile] cbrachyrhynchos 2013-02-22 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think that Emma is presented as a perfect mother at all. She spends almost all of Season 1 lying to Henry, and her pissing match hurts him so much that Archie calls her out on it. In, Season 2 she's determined when it comes to protecting Henry, but mostly panicked when it comes to parenting Henry. (She primarily lives with Henry because Regina gave David temporary custody. If anyone is the parental Mary Sue in the narrative, it's Snow/MM who keeps giving Emma the moral lesson. And as "Manhattan" reveals, Emma doesn't always follow it.

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"Manhattan" nicely sets up a symbolic parallel between Emma and Rumple as parents. Both think they're doing the right thing, but end up breaking their childrens' faith as a result of their own actions.