
Emma used to be mistrustful, due to the fact that Lily, her first and only best friend lied to Emma about her being in a group home, she does not like being lied to, when she found out from her parents, that she was born with the potential for darkness, and they put her darkness in Maleficent's daughter, she was hurt by what her parents had done, but most of all she was angry, when Snow White and Prince Charming refuse to take responsibility for their actions, instead they tried to justify their actions, this enraged her, as Emma became cold towards them, despite her cold demeanor she is a forgiving person.Īfter letting the darkness from the previous Dark One, ( Rumplestiltskin) consume her, Emma's personality has become darker. In the simplest form, Emma is a list of contrasting qualities she is hard and soft she is intense and easy going she is strong and vulnerable she is safe and dangerous she is logical and impulsive, which makes her a very complex character to fill a leading role. She is both rash and calculated, and is forced to deal with her instincts to protect her child, a child she believes she is not capable of mothering. Her first reaction to most things is anger, but she has spent her life trying to manage her temper. She is strong and aggressive, but her brokenness and her emotions are not buried far beneath her tough exterior. Against her better judgment, she will compromise herself to fight for what is right and to help those in need. She is a survivor, and used to being a loner, and therefore a sucker for the underdog. After manipulating Queen Regina, who he had blinded with revenge, into enacting the Dark Curse upon the enchanted lands Rumplestiltskin tricked Cinderella into imprisoning him with good magic so he could manipulate Charming and Snow into creating a magic wardrobe that would allow Emma to escape the curse and travel to Land Without Magic.Įmma is a deeply damaged and very conflicted woman. The dark wizard Rumplestiltskin, determined to find his missing son no matter what, forsaw that Emma's birth would be a catalyst for his plans of traveling to the Land Without Magic, where his son was living.

The darkness was then removed from her 7-8 weeks later. Unfortunately, she is absorbed into a vortex of pure evil, which makes her become the new Dark One in the place of Rumpelstiltskin, acting as the main antagonist in Season 5A until the episode " Birth" when it is revealed that she was never truly evil. She worked at a bail bonds agency while living in Boston until her son, Henry Mills, found her and brought her to Storybrooke to break the curse. She was sent to the real world after the Evil Queen placed a terrible curse upon the Enchanted Forest. She is the mother of Henry Mills and Hope and the wife of Captain Hook. She is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming and the older sister of Neal Nolan. ” ―Emma to Gideon Įmma Swan is the main character and protagonist of the first six seasons of Once Upon a Time. I will do what all saviors must, I will give hope. And light cannot destroy darkness, it can only create more light. “ No one needs to save me, I'm the Savior! I'm fighting for the people I love.
