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*** Kathryn: Really someone who wants David back, or is more interested in the trappings of marriage than the man himself? She wants her husband and their kids someday but it's clear the person with her is more interested in fulfilling his obligations than 'her', but is she so guilt-ridden about their earlier tragedy she ignores it?

*** Emma Swan: Giving Henry his best chance by sticking around, or a lonely woman who is clinging to the closest thing she has ever had for family?

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]:

** The Blind Witch is billed as a vicious cannibal and powerful witch, but she's barely onscreen for ten minutes before {{spoiler|the children/Evil Queen cook her}}. They even skip over the whole "Gretel is a slave and the witch fattens up Hansel."

* [[Designated Protagonist Syndrome]]: Some think Emma is a bland, uninteresting protagonist with hardly any character.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Cora kills Regina's true love Daniel ''right in front of her'' and forces her to marry the king. So, naturally, Regina blames...Snow, who's the one who told Cora about the two of them.}}

** He also ''actually wears'' leather pants.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Ruby and Archie seem to be getting this treatment.

** Minutes after "Hat Trick", shippers wanted the Stranger to get out of town so Emma wouldn't be bothered if she decided to shack up with her other creepy stalker, Jefferson/Mad Hatter, instead.

** One of the most popular couples among fans is the [[Crack Ship]] / [[Foe Yay]] pairing of Regina and Emma. It is second in popularity only to Belle and Rumpelstiltskin and by far the most popular possible pairing for either woman.

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: It's hard not to feel sorry for Rumpelstiltskin in "Skin Deep" or "Desperate Souls".

* [[Lighter and Softer]]:

* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: In the season one finale, {{spoiler|the dragon form of Maleficent}} is outstanding for a television production.

* [[Wangst]]: [[Cinderella (Literature)|Ashley]] and [[Snow White (Literature)|Mary Margaret]] complaining how love isn't what they thought it would be in "Skin Deep". Both are complaining how ''hard'' it is. To elaborate: Mary Margaret is {{spoiler|dating an adulterer}} and Ashley's baby's daddy works all the time. Ashley's boyfriend is a nineteen-year-old supporting a cleaning lady and newborn daughter!

** Cinderella also counts as this. While it is justified in how she was desperate to escape from her rather crappy life, she decides to [[Genre Blind|sign a contract without even reading it]] [[Too Dumb to Live|with someone who is]] [[Obviously Evil]].

** Snow in "An Apple Red As Blood". {{spoiler|Snow agrees to eat a poisoned apple because the Evil Queen says that if she eats it, then she won't kill him. Snow doesn't have any reason to believe that the Queen will keep her promise, but she eats the apple anyway. Naturally, the Evil Queen tries to execute him shortly afterwards.}}

** Jefferson, also in "An Apple Red As Blood". Jefferson agrees to help Regina, even though she screwed him over last time he worked with her. He makes a deal with her that if he helps her retrieve what she needs, then she will wipe his memory of the Fairy Tale world, make Grace remember that Jefferson is her father, and set them up for a good life. Regina agrees to this, but insists that he help her get what she wants first, which he does. After Regina has {{spoiler|the apple, she refuses to hold up her end of the bargain. She has no reason to do anything for Jefferson after he gets her what she wants, since he has no leverage. Also, if she wiped Jefferson's memories, he'd have no way to know if she had upheld her end of the bargain or not, or even that there was any sort of bargain to begin with.}}

* [[The Woobie]]:

** The two [[Parental Issues|unloved kids]]: Emma and Henry.

** Red. {{spoiler|See... Granny was bitten by the original Big Bad Wolf who, as it turns out, was a werewolf. And Granny's husband. In turn, this meant Granny's daughter would become the 2nd Big Bad. And in turn, Red herself is the 3rd Big Bad. Who happens to eat her love.}}

** Jefferson the Mad Hatter.

** The Evil Queen is primarily motivated to avenge the death of her former {{spoiler|lover, Daniel. Who was killed by her abusive mother, as a result of Snow White telling her about the love between them.}}

** Rumpelstiltskin, for that matter.