Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130203044823/@comment-5821891-20130205172549

I disagree, I think the whole point of the series is to show how good and evil are not as starkly contrasted as many of us would like to think. I personally believe no one is "good" or "evil" inherently, but their actions can be good or evil, and this is evident in "Once Upon a Time". Regina is not really evil, Snow is not really good, as they were so boldly defined in the original fairytale. The difference in the show is these characters have depth, and we are given a glimpse into their inner workings, their wants and desires to see that who they are and what they have done can not be summed up in one of two four letter words. Snow has love in her heart, yes, but so does Regina, so does Rumple, and so does Cora. In the fairytales, love does conquer all but that was the purpose; fairytales came into being in order to give people the hope that love is the greatest force in the universe. What "Once Upon a Time" is doing is translating that hope into the "real" world, but unfortunately in "our" world, as the Rolling Stones so eloquently put it, "you can't always get what you want", meaning that in "our" world the hope that love conquers all unfortunately is as much of a construction of our brains as fairydust. The whole point really is if Snow White and Prince Charming rode off to their castle and straight into "our" world, how long would happily ever after really last?