Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25896389-20150509042358/@comment-7345267-20150908203512

8Rob wrote:

So, she is not just "Henry's mom" and she can't pretend to act like she has rights over Henry. She adopted Henry and raised him. There is paperwork floating around covering it. (Now, we can debate the legality of that all day, of course).

If you want to claim Regina isn't his mother, then you have to acknowledge that Emma isn't either. She signed away her maternal rights. That is legal and binding, and you don't get to change your mind ten years later.

That said, most of the fandom you guys claim ignore Regina's crimes really don't. We acknowledge them. It's all the characters around her that, for the most part, are fine with brushing it aside in the interest of moving forward.