Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161003005933/@comment-6344309-20161006040355

I might be reaching here, but does anyone else see the way the Evil Queen tricked Regina into murdering Edmond, mirrors the way Mr. Gold tricked Emma into killing Cruella? Both murdered parties are in a way helpless, Edmond had no control over his actions, and Cruella couldn't really defend herself. Emma and Regina are tricked into situations where from their point of view, they didn't have any option but to kill to save people they loved. However, the people who held the bigger peices of the puzzles, Mr. Gold, and the Evil Queen, both knew there was a way to get out of the situation without bloodshed, but both forced people into these situations, because they wanted to awaken Emma and Regina's inner darkness.