Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25733960-20180519054612/@comment-1826156-20180521055418

I came from another thread when promised cookies. Instead all I found was salt! XD

I made a huge, heartfelt post but it vanished as soon as I hit reply. So sad. :(

I agree with villains being punished, but at some point people need to let go and forgive. It reminds me of the "SJW" mindset where a company/actor etc. offends and apologizes when called out but people smell blood in the water and no apology is good enough and they hound the person and try to destroy their career, It's not healthy for anyone involved and not healthy for society.

I have plenty of issues with this show and the writing but this episode was at least consistent with the quality we've received for several seasons. It made me cry, made me smile and made me think a little too. I'll always want more, but I enjoyed this ending.

I also don't think it's wrong to break down what we dislike and discuss it. But being bitter over a character who has went to great lengths to change but is still flawed isn't helpful. This attitude when applied to the real world isn't helpful to individuals or society. In fact I think it's incredibly detrimental. If someone cannot hope to find forgiveness, why should they try? Should we punish wrongdoers? Yes. And not all crimes are equal, of course. But if Regina's victims have forgiven her, what more can we add to that? Regina and Rumple were both rotten to the core but they changed and did good in the end. Why hate them for that?

Maybe Regina did grovel and beg forgiveness, but I doubt it. Maybe she knew if her redemption (and saving everyone) wasn't enough, nothing ever would be. Why should anyone who has repented lose a bright future to wallow in regret and the past? If that's what my enemies wanted, I wanted give it to them. Regina has flaws still. The writing is full of flaws. But I'm okay with her happy ending.

As for the merging of realms, this did happen sometime later. Maybe they were asked? It wasn't just for Regina's family. This reunites Ruby and Granny. This way Ruby can be with Dorothy and her grandmother and all her friends from the EF. Glinda can return to her witches. Anyone still stuck in the Land of Untold Stories can now reunite with lost loved ones (whether they want or not...) Maybe this doesn't sit well with some people because it sounds like a one world order or something, and if realms were forced in in spite of the people's wishes, that is sketchy. But we can assume there was little to no downside of this. Maybe some Lost Boys are miffed, but I doubt the other people are that upset.

I think SB has become a pocket dimension, the area is still a wooded place in Maine, but inside it's gigantic and stretches many, many miles.