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Chameleon-Guy wrote: Regina still reabsorbed her darkness, isn't that the same thing? I don't see what damage was done. Yep. Being critical is fine, but it isn't as if she just axed her darkness. She's essentially where she started without the self-hatred (which is why she often said "she" until she started saying "I").

Queenie is just a concept given form. She's not living. She's was anchored on Regina.

Saying Regina solved self-love before is incorrect. Regina been established that she hated what she was becoming in 2x02, but Regina always projects the blame to the wrong target and got nowhere fast. In season 4, she learned that her happiness shouldn't be contigent on a single person. Hook learned that in the following season. Rumple....I don't think has. All our villains on the main cast are self-loathing. So, saying that Regina always put Regina first is quite misleading. Regina put her hatred/revenge above all else. That's why she killed her father, putting her revenge above all else.

The other weird thing I find is Queenie and Regina are the same person. Queenie apologized to Snow, accepted her responsibility. Queenie is Regina, so Regina did accept responsibility (and she has numerous times). Is her road of redemption perfect? Nope. But every character follows a similar path.