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Emma Swan | Once Upon a Time | Reserved
Contact Info: AIM - allthedango
PLURK - rainbowllama
Other Characters Played: N/A
Preferred Apartment: 3.003 - to be with Henry. But if that doesn't work out, anywhere closeish would be preferred!
Character Name: Emma Swan
Canon: Once Upon a Time
Canon Point: S2 Episode 11 - "The Outsider"
Background/History: here!
Emma Swan | Once Upon a Time | Reserved
Emma Swan wasn't always alone. At one point, she had been in love with a man named Neal; and seeing as how she hadn't exactly brought a lot to the table on first meeting him, she was already a loner. She always had been. Being in the foster system was hard on her, and she had nothing. But then Neal had come into her life, whom she would do anything for, even risk getting herself arrested to help him out.
However, thanks to August, Neal left Emma and she ended up getting arrested and having a son, Henry.
Fast-forward to the beginning of the series, and all of this had made Emma who she was today. She was a loner, and slightly distrustful of others. But there was one thing that she had retained from her encounters with Neal; she could still play the part when she was in front of others. Emma had been a good enough actress then to get what they needed, and now she was as well, as shown in the beginning of the first episode and a few other times in the first season (especially when Henry asks her about his father, and she lies to him).
Enter Henry. At first, she had no idea what to do with this kid who walked into her apartment as if he owned the place. She panicked. The idea that the boy whom she had given away when he was born (to give him his "best chance") had come and actually tracked her down was unbelievable to her. And what was even more unbelievable? His story about Storybrooke, and that everyone there was a fairy tale character under the curse.
It was enough just to humor him to take him home, right?
Emma is naturally skeptical, which is why that she wouldn't initially believe the idea of the curse, or magic. She would play along for Henry's sake from time to time, but when he wasn't around she wouldn't believe in it. She's very logically minded -- she wants to know why things are the way they are and believing things out of a book on blind faith was just something she didn't do. It had seemed so far-fetched at the time that there was no way she could believe in it, no matter how much proof Henry tried to give her for it happening. She would counter with a realistic answer, one that made perfect sense in her head.
That is, until Henry ate the poisoned turnover that put him into a magical sleep. That was when she learned to believe in the curse of Storybrooke. That was when she risked it all to save him, and eventually true love's kiss woke him from his slumber.
Why save the son that she gave away? First of all, she wanted to give him his best chance, as referred earlier. Emma had had nothing, then. What kind of parent could she have been, giving birth to a kid in jail? Even at first, she was still a little distant from Henry, but he wormed his way into her heart remarkably quickly. After saving him, she took him back, and has since started being a little more motherly to him than she was before. She's protective of him -- especially after what happened with the turnover. Though she's still unsure of herself as a mother, she does still try her best to do right by him.
The notion of family is close to Emma's heart, and for some of the instances that she helped the people of Storybrooke out, it was for that family that she never had. She helped Ashley Boyd when she was having doubts about her baby, and when Ashley decided to keep it, Emma gave her some advice:
someone who’s ready, so know what that means.
Your whole life is going to change and once you decide that it’s yours,
this ‘running away’ can’t happen. You have to grow up
and you can’t ever leave. Understand?
She used her own experience to help Ashley, and even faced Mr. Gold and made another deal with him so that Ashley could keep her baby. Emma had the same stubborness to help the orphaned siblings find their father, because she didn't want them to be put into the system like she had. This time she had faced Regina, who had seen to it to make sure that the children would leave Storybrooke. Again, Emma worked it out so that the children could stay with their father.
Regina. In the first season, Emma and Regina were constantly butting heads with each other. Regina was usually telling Emma to stay away from Henry--which was something Emma more often than not decided to ignore eventually. When Henry got poisoned, Emma actually shoved Regina into some shelving in anger about what she'd done. In season two however, things still started off frosty with them, but have since started to defrost when Regina saved Mary Margaret and Emma in coming back from Storybrooke. She began to try to change her viewpoint on Regina, such as inviting her to the welcome home party for Emma and Mary Margaret, though she cited it as being because Henry had asked her to do it. Still, it was a start. She even initially stuck up for Regina when they learned of Archie's "death", until she found "proof" of doing so. That was when her tune changed...that is, until Archie came to the door.
Regarding anything outside of her life in the foster system, Emma is very secretive about. She doesn't want to divulge almost anyone into it, and was horrified when Regina turned up to have had details about her time in prison. She even lied to Henry about Neal and how he died--which was untrue. She told him a grand story about how he had been a firefighter and had died on the job, to appease him and protect Henry from whom Emma thought as a deserter.
Stubborness is something that runs in her family. When Emma gets serious about something, she's so hard-headed that she'll see it through to the end no matter what. Example being Ashley and the orphaned children, as well as Mary Margaret when she was charged for murder. She will do her hardest to make sure that she was the one who was right; but if not...well, she might grudgingly say that she was wrong.
Mary Margaret is another influential person in her life -- seeing as how she's her mother. Even before Emma fully believed it, she was close to her and wanted to clear her name when she was accused of murder. When asked why, Emma says that she's been alone for so long, and she didn't want to lose her "family" in Mary Margaret. When she learned that she was, in fact, her daughter...Emma had mixed feelings at first. But then she began to accept the family she had never had in David and Mary, even telling Mulan in the Fairy Tale world to take Mary back to Storybrooke should anything happen to her.
Tact is something that Emma doesn't have, at some points--Mr. Gold compared it to her father's lack of tact, which is more or less true. She doesn't like to mince words or beat around the bush, she wants to get to the point as quickly as possible. The beating around the bush often irritates her, since it'd most likely be time that she could be getting information or something else instead.
Responsibility is something that Emma had run from her entire life, and something that had gotten in the way of taking up her position as "savior" of the people of Storybrooke. When she began to feel pressured about taking up her role in the story, she panicked and started making plans to leave the town. August mentions to her when he attempts to show her his wooden leg that she doesn't want to see the truth, therefore she only saw flesh. She didn't want to have that burden on her shoulders, only wanting to protect Henry and that was it. In season two, she has grudgingly started to accept her role as savior.
To sum it all up: Emma's a little rough around the edges, at times. But she will help people where they need it and is especially loyal to the ones she's close to. She's ultimately a good person, although she does make her share of mistakes--just like anyone else.
Emma Swan | Once Upon a Time | Reserved
According to Emma, she has a "secret power" that tells her when someone's lying. In fact, she is very good at doing so...in certain situations. She failed to recognize when Sidney was lying to her and reporting to Regina when he could; but probably because she was that ready to take her down.
As for real powers--in season two, she's mentioned to being able to have magical abilities. She blasted Cora away from her when she tried to take her heart, and used a dreamcatcher (at the prompting of Mr. Gold) to see what had happened to Archie. However, the extent of these powers aren't elaborated on nor does she really know how to use them.
Items/Weapons: A gun, her car keys, and her sheriff's badge.
Sample Entry:
And to think that I haven't had enough with the place-hopping business lately. [Disgruntled? Just a little bit. She was ripped away from her family after all, after being reunited with them fairly recently.] Not that I'm not used to it and all, but it would be really nice to catch a break every once in a while.
...At least this place has, y'know, a little bit of technology. The 'no text' thing is going to get old pretty fast, but I'll get the hang of it. [She guesses.] But with any luck, I won't be here long enough to get the hang of it.
[That's when she decides to stop talking to herself and turns the gadget on, and she looks into the feed, looking a little bit confused still.]
Uh...hey. Emma Swan here, I guess. Anyone know the track record of leaving this place? I mean, they do leave here...right?
[There's gotta be a way out.]
Thanks in advance.
[And she cuts the feed.]
Sample Entry Two:
Well, there went nothing. Now she'd have to see what her question would turn up -- which...she didn't know what the chances were on them actually being helpful but she could only hope. She had been able to get back to Storybrooke, right?
But...this wasn't Storybrooke or the fairy tale world, as far as she knew. It wasn't like any other place she'd been to, so she didn't even know if magic would work here. Not that she knew how to test it in the first place.
Hopefully there would be no ogres here.
She takes out what she has with her--the phone she had gotten on arrival, her sheriff's badge, her car keys, and a gun. She frowns slightly, before putting her hands on her hips. This...was going to be difficult. If she was faced with another ogre, or something even worse, a gun may not be so effective here.
But it was the only thing she had, and she would make do with it. She pockets it, and puts her badge and keys back up as well. The last thing she grabs is the phone, and she picks it up and fiddles with it a little bit more. There really was no text option...how strange.
Well. All there was to do now is wait to see what people had to say, and maybe start searching for a way out later.
Re: Emma Swan | Once Upon a Time | Reserved
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However, it's not always a bad thing. In some cases, it's actually good thing. There are some people in Storybrooke that people don't want to put their trust in--such as Regina and Mr. Gold. And even though Regina seems to have changed in the second season, Emma's still a little unsure to trust her. After all, she was the reason for the whole curse. Her encounter with Hook also shows this. Although he does attempt to get her on her good side, she's not so easily fooled. Despite his saying that he was going to help them, she treated this with a grain of salt. Ultimately, Emma made a deal with a giant to keep him until she could get a head start.
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