Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26211594-20151009183748/@comment-26116863-20151110050929

Eskaver wrote: TrumpetofTheSwan wrote:

Then we've got the Evil Queen façade. First, it is wrong to assume that she admits her dark past to Emma because she's the only one who knows her dirty secrets: I guess the whole Storybrooke knows about that. Out of the three bad things that I can think of which she either did or planned to do since her supposed redemption, for two of them, Emma is probably the only one alive besides the victim who is aware of it. She knows about Sidney because she saw him show up and accuse Regina on the bridge, and she figured out what Regina was planning to do to Zelena when they were in New York (she doesn't know about the stealing Belle's heart thing though). So when Regina went on her moral high horse while lecturing Emma, it got awkward very quickly.

Who else really has any clue that she's sometimes relapses? I can't think of anything that she did out in the open for everyone to see.

Yes, these are only three things, but they're all pretty bad for someone who is supposed to be reformed. If I'm right, I'm sure the show is establishing them as BFFS for life, lol. I'm pretty sure knowing the Charming clan, noone would have cared if she killed Zelena or about Sidney, because they don't seem to care that much about others, XD

Redemption is a process and so you can say that she's progressing or still have a far way to go, but you can't say that she's fully redeemed...or else the show would end when all the characters are redeemed or finish their story arcs. In the current season she's stagnant. Ok, I'll agree with you there. She could improve in the future, and if we contrast her character now to how she was in the past, it's not clear that there's been a regression from anything.

I guess if a mark of a good complex character is people continuously analysing them, and still never quite being able to figure them out,then Regina is a pretty good one.

I think my point still stand, though, that she only admitted to Emma that she was far from moral high ground because she was aware that Emma knew it. She does like to pretend around everyone else, and they aren't really aware of how much she's struggling.