Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26211594-20151009183748/@comment-25926288-20151110032917

Ont thing that is true is that Regina has periods of delusion. I'd say that Regina is rarely completley self-aware and nor at least partially deluded or facing trouble, but then again, that's what a character should be doing to be developing. I think the part that hurts her in this season is they aren't doing anything with her character development.

Some may feel that she's jumping on hero proclamations (but what we sometimes forget is that others are calling her that, not her herself) and still doing questionably evil because she's stagnant.

But major point is that besides stagnating, the show and somethings the writers say, write, etc would seem more hypocritical or delusional than the characters.

It's like when I say that Hook is currently being hypocritical having Emma love him and his darkness while him not doing the same. It's hypocritical, but he never said anything about him expecting unconditional love with no effort. I may dislike his character use, but that's more of the writers putting him as a hero against the evil, villainous Rumple (which, on note, I'm sure they called Rumple evil, evil evil) and Emma saying he has hero marks and stuff. Same goes for Regina. Except Regina is more often proud and loud, while Hook was previously mopey and angsty.