Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20180101191335/@comment-34657163-20180404210658

Greatest to Worst Redemption Arcs and Redemptive Sacrifices

1. Killian Jones "Captain Hook" (feat. Nook) Pretty much everything he's ever done got brought up (or at least most of it to my memory). He does a bunch of other stuff too which others have mentioned. This is of course, excluding "Broken Heart" and most of "Swan Song"...

1. Ingrid "The Snow Queen" Aine explained it pretty well. She accepted everything she did, recognized it, and died.

3. Baelfire/Neal Cassidy He wasn't a villain, but not a good person. He still makes up for his bad deeds up to the point of his death.

4. Rapunzel/Lady Tremaine/Victoria Belfry She did a lot of bad things (all of which Eloise points out!), never really has to pay for them but she also died before she could anyways.

4. Drizella Tremaine/Ivy Belfry Besides deciding to kill Ana just before leaving with her to her fabulous new life, she does a lot of apologizing. Oh, and the rest of that scene too.

6. Ursula "The Sea Witch" Puts stuff aside... er-

6. (King) Arthur I'm not sure this even counts but it seems like he was supposed to be portrayed that way... He had to die before he could become a good king...

8. Zelena "The Wicked Witch" I was pretty surprised of how many people appreciated her arc... To me, she never really has to pay for anything she's done (Neal's death, raping Robin then getting custody of Robyn...), but she does give up her "wicked" ways... I just felt that her giving up her magic was cool but felt really random. Her getting rid of Hades was nice though. It's like she's being given things that redeem her, but her actual deeds are being avoided.

9. Maleficent Maleficent felt all over the place so... They changed a lot from what we already knew just to make her less of a villain by the end.

10. Cora "The Queen of Hearts" Er-ok. Who knows how many lives she's taken, not to mention being a large factor in Regina becoming a monster.

11. Serum Queen "You have some of my love now...now go!" At least she apologized. Also, she's separate because of how the show treated her like a completely different person.

12. Regina Mills "The Evil Queen" ''Sighs deeply. ''She had a very promising start from season two to three-a, then it all went downhill from there (3B was too rushed for Regina). Aine pretty much covers all of the problems with it. The writers also completely avoid actually going into Regina's issues (got like... a few apologies) unlike Hook. I still like Regina though somehow.

'''13. Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold '''Would be fine up to 3A... after that goes oops! Stuck in a revolving door! It also didn't feel very enjoyable to watch him go back...and forth...and back again.

14. Rheul Ghorm "The Blue Fairy" Obviously never had any of her bad bad, very bad deeds covered.

Poteintally: Dr. Facilier/Baron Samdi ? Granted he hasn't done much bad, but not much good either; selfish either way (e.g. sending Tiana to go after a dangerous crocodile when he has magic... for a necklace... ). Then there's also Blackbeard who was just... there? But had that episode in season six where he almost helped Killian?

''Blue is a joke. plsdon'thurtme''