Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26159109-20151211190542/@comment-26967699-20151211200415

Regina always says that she is not the evil queen anymore. So these are the proofs that Regina is finally redeeming herself and hates her former self.

- Regina: "The woman who did that that was the person I was, not the person I am. I worked very hard to build a future" from 4x01

- Hook: "Surely the Saviour and the Evil Queen can defeat a simple beast". Regina: "Can we drop the e-word already?" from 4x12

- Regina:"Let me be clear ladies. If you bring up my former sins in front of my son agan,you'll find yourselves cross that town line faster than you say custom jewelery" from 4x13

- Regina: "They may not see me as the Evil Queen anymore. I need to be prove to them I can be more" from 5x02

But sometimes, she really loves that "The E-Word"

- Cruella :"I knew you didn't have stomach for this" Regina: "Oh please. I was torturing people back when you were still playing with puppies" from 4x15

- Regina:"Tell me Zelena. Why are you so confident? What's gonna make you feel safe at night when that baby's born? [...] You understimate me Zelena." from 4x20

- Regina :"Our author here, is going to write you out of the story. Forever..." from 4x20 again

- Regina with the dagger :"Oh shut up and listen!". Emma stops and Regina says :"I can get use to this". But her face expression in that moment tells us everything. This from 5x02.

- You forgot who I am. The Evil Queen. I can be a far greater nightmare that you can possibly imagine" from 5x03

So as we can see, she is sometimes, or usually, out of her character. This is probably because of the poor writing.