Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24894881-20180818085051/@comment-25375217-20180820224002

Eskaver wrote: I wouldn’t really try to compare the Hansel and Gretel cases.

Zelena: Fight/Attempt to banish the Witch; Try to restore Ivo’s sight; Burn Hansel; Also, Left the kids to die

Regina: Lead the kids to their death; Separated the family indefinitely I think that's oversimplifying the events of the Hansel & Gretel stories quite a bit.

Both met the kids while trying to act on selfish instincts (Zelena wanted to be the only witch in town, Regina wanted to get her apple back) and treated them as unimportant (Zelena left them to suffer, Regina sent them to very possibly die). They both had a change of heart and attempted to be nice (Zelena tried to save them and give their father his sight back, Regina offered to let them live with her in the palace), became angry after being refused, and punished them (Zelena by destroying the gift of sight and setting Hansel on fire, Regina by banishing them to the Infinite Woods). Regina did go a little darker by kidnapping their father to manipulate them and likely would have killed him if they accepted her offer to adopt them, whereas Zelena wanted to reunite the family after her change of heart. However, there are more similarities in the story than differences.