Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150901033946/@comment-11058666-20151003045225

I feel like it would be wrong for me to like the Evil Queen 'cause I know in my heart that if she was a man, I would hate her. I would never like a male character who raped a female character, so I don't want to have a double-standard here. As for Zelena and Milah, I just find them annoying, and I think part of the reason I included them is 'cause I just wanted to complain about them. :P

Well, Milah's actually got a lot to do with gender bias. Again, if a man just went and abandoned his crippled wife and daughter, people would see him as utter scum, but with Milah, people are like "She was being held down by the partiarchy!!!" That doesn't even make any sense to me. People didn't hate Milah, they still loved her for some reason. Everyone focused their hatred on her husband.

Like, if Hook kidnapped her and she was all "No, wait! My son!" and he was like "Nope, we're not turning around." then I would sympathize, but she doesn't even care. She only cares about herself. If my mother left me and my father to rot in poverty 'cause she was "miserable," I would hate her forever. She's an awful mom, and if she was a man, she would be an awful dad. That's the way I see it.