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I’m not a Swan Queen shipper at all, very heavily an Outlaw Queen one, but I’ll give my opinion.
Personally, no. Not at all.
I’ll give you the first season. I think it was written in a way where you have the supposed villain and hero, and with that there does come feelings between them but not on a shipping level. Regina and Emma have a certain pull and tug relationship when it comes to Henry. Regina is the one who raised him and feels threatened by Emma who comes in, and she starts to love Henry and is opposed to many things Regina does. (Which is fair, again, Regina was shown to be a villain.) So between the curse, Henry, and the whole savior business…they completely hate each other that first season. The only thing that ever actually unites them is Henry.
The second season you have Regina still on that cusp of villain, but is in the process of wanting to redeem herself for all the horrible things she’s done, especially for her son. To me Emma and Regina still didn’t really like each other, but they sucked it down for their son.
The third season (my fav) is when we start to see that shift for good. People still question Regina’s intentions, I think that lasts for a while, but here we see Emma and Regina not really have that full blown hatred towards one another. So I think thier friendship starts here really, and even then it’s not a full blown friendship. More so the start of one.
Now this show did come out when I was 9 years old, and I watched every season new, meaning it’s been a while since I’ve done a proper rewatch. So I’ll try to sum up things, without spoilers too just in case.
Like I’ve said before, it took, in my eyes from watching the show, at least 3 seasons for them to be what you would consider friends. And half the time Regina gets the short end of the stick on the show in the later seasons, from things that are done to her, by Emma and other characters, that even wavers that friendship sometimes. But by seasons 6/7 I say yeah, they are friends.
That’s kind of it though. The only thing that really connected them was Henry. Yeah technically Regina was Snow’s step-mother, but that situation within itself is tricky like everything is on that show. I never saw anything that would personally suggest they had feelings for one another, and I don’t see how they would even have time to form a relationship with their history from what I explained.
From things Lana has also stated before/what I’ve heard about how things were supposed to be written until she advocated, I’d say that’s what makes me further believe what I do.
I hope this made sense. 😭
(Also, of course no hate to people who do ship Emma and Regina. I hope that was clear. Everyone has their favorite ship of the show. This is just my opinion/view point after watching it.)
OUAT WATCHERS WHO HAVE WATCHED AT LEAST THE FIRST 5 SEASONS !!
regardless of your status as a swan queen shipper, do you believe that the show was written with the intention of regina and emma having feelings for one another? i have my own answer to this but i want to see what other ppl think, sq shippers AND non-sq shippers alike. pls rb w ur opinion