Henry has two issues (besides being a kid) that make it harder for him to deal with Emma lying.
(1) He has major mommy issues re: Regina. She did mess with his head before the curse broke by denying the truth of his beliefs in the fairytale book while at the same time being obviously worried about that book in her conversations with him.
(2) Henry is all the time with the "Good always wins," "I want to be a hero like my family," "Ending the curse will bring back the happy endings." It's a kids-eye view of the world, taken to an extreme, and he needs to have that toned down a bit to mature optimism and the realization that heroes are fallible but that doesn't make them less heroes. That's part of his journey.
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Date: 2013-03-05 05:40 pm (UTC)(1) He has major mommy issues re: Regina. She did mess with his head before the curse broke by denying the truth of his beliefs in the fairytale book while at the same time being obviously worried about that book in her conversations with him.
(2) Henry is all the time with the "Good always wins," "I want to be a hero like my family," "Ending the curse will bring back the happy endings." It's a kids-eye view of the world, taken to an extreme, and he needs to have that toned down a bit to mature optimism and the realization that heroes are fallible but that doesn't make them less heroes. That's part of his journey.