I hope nobody minds. I just came across this public post and couldn't help but leave my 2c about the Savior, Greatest Light and Dark One as she was called. Complex paradox but you know what they say "enlightenment is about making the darkness conscious" ♥ I found her inspiring as a single Mom (shout out to all single moms! the toughest job out there♥) and she fought through so much darkness. Even though she was an unhealthy obsession of the Evil Queen for a little while (EQ was an independent thinker and changed for the better once she realized she could destroy the contemptuous side inside her for good. This made her see things more clearly and live a happier life back in Storybrooke. In addition, she and Emma ended up being good mates in the end so its all good). It was concerning when Emma was consumed by all the darkness but she eventually acquired the enhanced traits of augmented strength, agility, durability, fighting skills and last but not least eternal unaging life which I call the power of infinite resilience. She literally said to the dark force: "You cannot break me" ♥ My favorite scene was when the Fairy ordered Gideon (I think he was under a spell otherwise he would have known better to not partake in such a corrupt act) to take Emma out. She couldn't hurt an innocent person so she sacrificed herself, sticking to her values till the end, folks. I thought that was pretty cool. She was fair and kind, no matter what but I think some people misunderstood her or made their own perceptions about her based on limited info and what other people said like the Fairy who was disturbingly good at controlling people as her puppets to do her dirty work. This isn't the best synopsis of the entire show but definitely worth a watch (Apologies, the " outdated" academic in me wrote a whole character analysis, lol. Now I'm off! Cheers! 🙂♥)