I didn't find her concern about Henry staying with her too weird, I mean, not entirely justified but I thought it was understandable. I think she's fighting against wanting to be the bigger person and wanting to believe Regina and wanting what's best for Henry and feeling proprietary over Henry and the fact that Regina is, well, a murderer. Like, as Snow says, "Emma, she tried to kill us. Yesterday." She's framed people for murder and I imagine Emma's begun to suspect what really happened to Graham. For all Emma believes that Regina is trying to change, I also think that Emma probably has some like, legit concerns about handing Henry off to her unsupervised, when she's basically a recovering drug addict, known to murder people while high. Even if she has no concerns about Henry's physical safety (and I agree - Regina would never deliberately hurt him), Henry's already been accidentally hurt by Regina's magic, near-fatally, and watching his Mom kill or hurt people in front of him, woudl probably screw him up epicly.
I think a better response would have been, "I'll talk to Henry about it," or, "Maybe in a few weeks if things are still going well," rather than, "I DON'T THINK SO, LADY." But I also think that her concerns are...probably like 70% based in genuine fear of how it could go wrong? IDK, my take anyway.
I agree about the formula. Sometimes it annoys me, but mostly it works really well; particularly here because it reminds me of something I love about this series. The way Regina has such intricate, complex, but different relationships with the other two leading ladies. And also, it mirrors not just Emma and Snow taking their turns to offer Regina a chance at redemption - which was then rejected or stolen, but also Henry and Snow as the children who desperately want to believe their (step) mother can change, and loves them; Regina can't make herself change for Snow, but can for Henry. That's gotta be a weird place for Snow to be in. But then, I love how complicated Ginnifer Goodwin lets her face get when she's quietly watching Regina while David and Emma fight over what to do with her. She did the same thing back in the season premiere.
BUT GAH THEY BETTER NOT HAVE KILLED SOMEONE I CARE ABOUT. DON'T EVEN JOKE ABOUT IT BEING GRUMPY! D:
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I didn't find her concern about Henry staying with her too weird, I mean, not entirely justified but I thought it was understandable. I think she's fighting against wanting to be the bigger person and wanting to believe Regina and wanting what's best for Henry and feeling proprietary over Henry and the fact that Regina is, well, a murderer. Like, as Snow says, "Emma, she tried to kill us. Yesterday." She's framed people for murder and I imagine Emma's begun to suspect what really happened to Graham. For all Emma believes that Regina is trying to change, I also think that Emma probably has some like, legit concerns about handing Henry off to her unsupervised, when she's basically a recovering drug addict, known to murder people while high. Even if she has no concerns about Henry's physical safety (and I agree - Regina would never deliberately hurt him), Henry's already been accidentally hurt by Regina's magic, near-fatally, and watching his Mom kill or hurt people in front of him, woudl probably screw him up epicly.
I think a better response would have been, "I'll talk to Henry about it," or, "Maybe in a few weeks if things are still going well," rather than, "I DON'T THINK SO, LADY." But I also think that her concerns are...probably like 70% based in genuine fear of how it could go wrong? IDK, my take anyway.
I agree about the formula. Sometimes it annoys me, but mostly it works really well; particularly here because it reminds me of something I love about this series. The way Regina has such intricate, complex, but different relationships with the other two leading ladies. And also, it mirrors not just Emma and Snow taking their turns to offer Regina a chance at redemption - which was then rejected or stolen, but also Henry and Snow as the children who desperately want to believe their (step) mother can change, and loves them; Regina can't make herself change for Snow, but can for Henry. That's gotta be a weird place for Snow to be in. But then, I love how complicated Ginnifer Goodwin lets her face get when she's quietly watching Regina while David and Emma fight over what to do with her. She did the same thing back in the season premiere.
BUT GAH THEY BETTER NOT HAVE KILLED SOMEONE I CARE ABOUT. DON'T EVEN JOKE ABOUT IT BEING GRUMPY! D: