I really wished Emmeline would have stood up for herself a little more. In no way do I think she was weak or lacked a backbone, I just wish she could have slapped some sense into those snots who never even called her by name and only dirtscratcher. What does that even mean, dirtscratcher? They don't actually scratch at dirt, they're just poor. And they have red hair, but other than that there isn't anything that would make them lower or lesser or primitive compared to the other citizens of Anglund. 
 (view spoiler)[It was so sweet of Owen to chase Emmeline after she got kidnapped, even if he didn't do a very good job. What with getting stabbed, arrested, enslaved in the mines, then taken into the royal dungeons to be executed for treason. Not exactly rescuer material. And he still claimed not to love her until even Henry the one-eyed oaf talked about it. Still it was sweet nonetheless. (hide spoiler)]