Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20141215234519/@comment-25926288-20150213140437

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: ChocolatEyes613 wrote: Chameleon-Guy wrote: I only see Maleficent with this potential. Why is Maleficent the only Queen of Darkness with potential for redemption? Because the three times she's shown up in main Once have been her fighting in self-defense, not actively hurting anyone:

1x02 against Regina

1x22 against Emma

2x20 against Hook

And then on Wonderland, she doesn't care that Robin Hood stole gold from her, all she wants is for Will to return the portal to Wonderland that he stole, which is highly dangerous. That doesn't sound like a villain, it sounds like a concerned aunt.

She had already cursed Aurora and Phillip, her only enemies (we can assume Stefan and Leah are dead since there's only been one mention of either of them up to this point), so she had finally won and gotten her happy ending. There was no need for her to fight anyone. Exactly! She won being a villain, which doesn't stop her from being one. Fighting self-defense doesn't mean you're not evil. Just mean you're defending yourself.

So far, we have a complacent villain, a supposedly benevolent goddess-witch, and a woman with that likes fur and gin. And somehow, the villain is has the most potential?! We know part of one's story and so since it's true, she's most redemptive...lol, I didn't know a villain winning means now she can become good.