Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32042217-20170518162408/@comment-31564770-20170518165652

So the original dark curse gave each character a new identity and personality, with of course the exception of Regina in terms of personality- although she probably did give herself knowledge of how our world works so she didn't freak out when everything looks and functions totally differently from the EF. The curse was designed to make the residents of SB miserable, to separate them from their loved ones and make their lives hard. One of the ways the curse did this was by changing everyone's personality to be pretty much the opposite of who they really are. A semi-exception here is Gold, because Regina specifically built his part of the curse so he'd have wealth and power as part of their deal. But anyways, in terms of new personas, Mary Margaret is a pushover who never stands up for herself, but Snow White is brave and always does what's right. David is weak and confused, Prince Charming always fights for his love. Archie couldn't hear his conscience anymore, and the list goes on. Basically, the curse reversed their personalities to make them their worst selves. If we go with the new curse working along the same lines, then we should expect that as well. Here I go:

Regina- uncursed Regina can make hard choices when no one else can. She is very emotional, and feels love and consequently loss deeply. She also has finally accepted herself. If we reverse this, we get someone flighty, indecisive, and unhappy with herself but unsure how to fix it. I'd imagine she's single, living alone, and likely afraid of commitment which could make her opening up to Henry when he comes to find her. She probably won't want to believe anything of what Henry or Lucy is telling her, because that means she has a son and a troubled past to deal with.

Hook- Uncursed Hook has worked hard to be someone "worthy" of Emma, and has spent a long time trying to put revenge behind him. He's also dedicated- he spent over a hundred years trying to kill Rumplestiltskin. Reversed, I'd imagine him as someone self absorbed and selfish, who isn't really concerned with anything except what he wants. Yeah, I know that sounds like Pirate Hook, but I mean in a different way. Pirate Hook was selfish in that everything was a means to an end to kill his crocodile and he'd stop at nothing. Cursed Hook is someone I'd place as that guy who sits in a bar hitting on girls because he thinks he's super hot. Basically, a narcissist.

Gold- Uncursed Gold has always struggled with love versus power, but we saw that in the finale he finally cleaned up his act and decisively went with love>power. Gold is a hard one to have a reversed bad self cuz his actual self is already kinda bad, but here goes. He's a gambler and a drunk who can't make the choice between love and power because he doesn't have either. Basically he has no money because he gambled it all, and nobody loves him because he's a hobo since he was evicted from his apartment for not paying rent and his whole family is dead.

Ok maybe I can do a worse Gold. I surprise myself sometimes with how dark I can get. Huh.

Anyways, there's my ideas. What do we think?