Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4427410-20150730071510



 Recently, I did a re-watch of the “ONCE UPON A TIME” Season Two episode called (2.15) “The Queen Is Dead”. There is a scene in which Snow White, who had discovered that Regina was working with the latter’s mother Cora, to get their hands on “the Dark One’s” dagger, warned the latter that she need to change her ways or suffer the consequences. In other words, this was a clear case of Snow trying to enforce what she believed was her superior moral compass upon her stepmother. Naturally, Snow’s efforts failed.

 The irony is that one season later in Season Three’s (3.20) “Kansas”, Regina tried the same tactic on her older half-sister, Zelena, whom she had just defeated. Like Snow White before her, Regina tried to enforce what she believed was her superior moral compass upon her half-sister. And failed just as miserably as Snow.

 What were Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis trying to say? Perhaps they were trying to say is that you cannot enforce your will – even in the form of what you believe is your moral superiority – upon another. You cannot force another person to reform. That person has to make that choice on his or her own. In the end, Regina made the choice to follow a better path. . . on her own and without anyone making the choice for her. Even Snow White has learned to owe up to her own moral failings without anyone telling her what to do. The question remains if Zelena will do the same.  