History Analysis / OnceUponATime

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His maternal grandparents are thus Snow White and Prince Charming, and his paternal grandparents are Milah and {{Literature/Rumpelstiltskin}}. Henry's step-grandmother is Belle, and he also has an uncle who's technically younger than him, when Snow and Charming had a second child whom they named Neal after Henry's father's real world name.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His maternal grandparents are thus Snow White and Prince Charming, and his paternal grandparents are Milah and {{Literature/Rumplestiltskin}}. Henry's step-grandmother is Belle, and he also has an uncle who's technically younger than him, when Snow and Charming had a second child whom they named Neal after Henry's father's real world name.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His maternal grandparents are thus Snow White and Prince Charming, and his paternal grandparents are Milah and Rumple. Henry's step-grandmother is Belle, and he also has an uncle who's technically younger than him, when Snow and Charming had a second child whom they named Neal after Henry's father's real world name.

This is an attempt to unravel the web of extremely complex and convoluted character relationships in this, especially with regards to Henry's family. There is much Fridge stuff here.

This is an attempt to unravel the web of extremely complex and convoluted character relationships in this, especially with regards to Henry's family. There be much Fridge stuff here.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His maternal grandparents are thus Snow White and Prince Charming, and his paternal grandparents are Milah and Rumple. Henry's step-grandmother is Belle, and he also has an uncle who's technically younger than him, when Snow and Charming had a second child whom they named Neal after their daughter's husband's earth name.

His great grandfather is Peter Pan, while Zelena, the Wicked Witch of the West, is both his step-aunt and step-great aunt as well.

* Regina Mills, the Evil Queen, needs to let go of her vengeance and learn to forgive. A good girl who slowly descended into evil, her fall lead to the premise, and her greed and emptiness plagued her for years on end. However, when Henry came into her life, she was slowly given a new lease on life, seeking love from the one person whom she didn't have emotional baggage with. The climb has been a long slow and painful one, with several moments where she would backslide. However, her story is still not over. Since she still doesn't regret all the evil she did, her final character arc is to redeem herself for the evils she committed as the queen.

* Cinderella needed her story retold and redeemed after losing her husband to rumplestitskin.

* the Mad hatter needed to find a way to make up for abandoning his daughter when the curse hit.

His great grandfather is peter pan, while Zelena, the wicked witch of the west is both his step-aunt and step-great aunt as well.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His maternal grandparents are thus Snow White and Prince Charming, and his paternal grandparents are Milah and Rumple. Henry's step-grandmother is Belle.

* Regina Mills, the Evil Queen, needs to let go of her vengeance and learn to forgive. A good girl who slowly descended into evil, her fall lead to the premise, and her greed and emptiness plagued her for years on end. However, when Henry came into her life, she was slowly given a new lease on life, seeking love from the one person whom she didn't have emotional baggage with. The climb has been a long slow and painful one, with several moments where she would backslide. However, her story is still not over. Since she still doesn't regret all the evil she did, her final character arc is to redeem herself for the evils she committed as the queen.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His maternal grandparents are thus Snow White and Prince Charming, and his paternal grandparents are Milah and Rumple.

* Snow White and Prince Charming needed to make up for their many mistakes, and their having to send their daughter away in order to protect her.

* However, no story of redemption is as important or as remarkable to the plot as the gradual redemption of Regina Mills: The Evil Queen. Emma may be the hero, but Regina is its central character. A good girl who slowly descended into evil, her fall lead to the premise, and her greed and emptiness plagued her for years on end. However, when Henry came into her life, she was slowly given a new lease on life, seeking love from the one person whom she didn't have emotional baggage with. The climb has been a long slow and painful one, with several moments where she would backslide. However, by the end of season 3, she's almost fully completed her HeelFaceTurn, giving her better motives for acting. However, her story is still not over. Since she still doesn't regret all the evil she did, her final character arc is to redeem herself for the evils she committed as the queen.

No wonder the characters on the show spent all of five seconds trying to work this out. It'd drive anyone mad.

Furthermore, Hook married Milah after she ran away from Rumple, making him Henry's step-grandfather, and Baelfire's step-father.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His grandparents are thus Snow White, Prince Charming, Milah and Rumple.

No wonder the character's on the show spent all of five seconds trying to wort this out. It'd drive anyone mad.

Baelfire's father, Rumple, once had a tryst with Cora, and it's implied there was a child birthed from that union, meaning Bae probably has a half-sibling somewhere from Cora, who would thus be Henry's aunt or uncle, making Cora also Henry's great aunt.

After leaving Rumple for Killian (Captain Hook), Milah supposedly remarried him, thus making Hook Bae's stepfather, and thus Henry's step-grandfather. Made all the more creepy since it's implied there was an attraction between Emma and Hook at once point. Also adds another whole dimension to the blood feud between Hook and Rumple.

Henry is the son of Emma and Baelfire. His grandparents are thus Snow, Charming, Milah and Rumple.

After leaving Rumple for Killian (Hook), Milah supposedly remarried him, thus making Hook Bae's stepfather, and thus Henry's step-grandfather. Made all the more creepy since it's implied there was an attraction between Emma and Hook at once point. Also adds another whole dimension to the blood feud between Hook and Rumple.