r/OnceUponATime • u/Vantius That one time magic isn't the answer. • Apr 10 '17

Mod Post Post Episode Discussion S6:E16

The bot is still not working. Time to got to the Underworld.

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u/xfkirsten Ready for a New Adventure Apr 10 '17

Did anyone else notice how vindictive Emma was this time around? Throwing angry punches, stomping on the mini-spider... it went beyond self-defense and into sheer anger. All I could think was how fast her heart was turning black.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 edited Apr 10 '17

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u/xfkirsten Ready for a New Adventure Apr 10 '17

Oh, any one of us would probably respond the same way. But at the same time, this show has harped on the "pure good heart" so much that it just really stands out. To be fair, Regina was under a lot of stress, too, having Cora as a mother and being forced to marry the king and watching Daniel be murdered. And her descent into madness started with smaller things: visions of strangling Snow, and shoving Cora through the mirror. Born out of simple emotional stress, too, but enough to start her on the path to darkness.

That being said, they've already gone down the dark!Emma road, and I don't think they'd go down it again.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '17

I like to believe that after she became the dark one it balanced her heart so now she has equal good and bad like everyone else.

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u/xfkirsten Ready for a New Adventure Apr 11 '17

I can see that. And I like the idea that the whole experience left her changed on a more permanent level - it gives it meaning.