Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26211594-20151009183748/@comment-1732287-20151010125313

CTrent29 wrote: I've never known for you to discuss the regression of the other characters, especially Emma.

How exactly is Regina supposed to redeem herself? By becoming an ideal woman who rids herself of all her flaws? Why not demand the same of the other characters? By "flaws" do you mean ripping out people's hearts, cutting them, getting tons of extra chances and then five minutes later going on to deny others chances and demanding that people thank her because she's such a noble hero now? If so, then yeah, maybe those flaws could be gotten rid of. She can be as snarky as she likes without being quite so self-righteous and hyprocritical.

...And really, I've seen tons of discussions criticising the Charmings, Rumple, Hook etc. and I've not even been following the online Oncer community that long.Have you seen the amount of criticism Rumple gets? Sure there are those who think he can do no wrong, because Rumbelle 4eva or whatever, but most are pretty disgusted with some of the things he did and if he was calling himself saviour and acting as high and mighty as Regina has the last few episodes, you can be damn sure people would have something to say about it! But even if that wasn't the case, if the best justification you've got is "well, she's not the only one", that's a pretty weak defence.

I like Regina, but I don't like this colour on her recently. I'm glad she's at the point she's at, but it took her a lot to get there and frankly I don't think she's ever going to be Good Sister Regina or whatever, nor would I want her to be- but what I would like to see is maybe a bit more empathy, gratitude and understanding from someone who's been given a lot of chances over the years, been met more than halfway and is still prone to the odd relapse into old habits.