Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20160901162450/@comment-1916997-20160912232745

JennaMae wrote: Croquedead wrote:

If they make her uncover like Regina in 4B, wouldn't that entirely turn into a circle? Like Zelena is following Regina's path, but I don't really want her to do like everything her sister did so far. Regina was uncover for her former biggest enemy and Zelena doind the same thing makes everything repetitive and boring like Rumple. Well, if you think about it, a lot of Zelena's story has already been paralleled to Regina. She's basically been Regina 2.0 with the "I was done wrong by my mother - but let's take it out on someone else and go to extreme lengths to make them miserable" story. And now she also has a child that she wants to change for and has a family member who is willing to make amends.

I (personally) believe that the writers never had a long term plan for Zelena - not in 3B, and not when they brought her back as "Marian" in season 4. Like if you told me that they'd decide to kill off Robin and keep Zelena on as Regina's "person," I would have called you crazy and nonsensical but yet here we are. It'd be a complete waste to have the wicked witch just sitting in the background tending to a baby so they have to insert her somewhere into the plot and I guess having the "newly redeeming" character /maybe/ team up with the arc villain makes the most sense. The only other main that they could have working with the EQ would be Rumple, but like you touched on, that would be an even more repetitive and predictable move. That's interesting, because I always thought they intended to have a significant Oz character on the show. They even included Dorothy being carried by flying monkeys in the book in the Pilot. So for me, having Zelena being a main is what I think was always intended.