Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25349018-20160715015421/@comment-24674051-20160723053316

8Rob wrote: Hmcooper4 wrote: And leading up to "Drug Dealer" Snow (that is just an insanely wrong picture on multiple levels), We saw that Regina is extremely conflicted about what happened in the past. She was not about to go insane at all. I'd say that if you need to take a potion to split yourself in 2 because you can't handle your emotions, then your'e clearly far from sane.

A normal mature person would deal with grief like everyone else. Just a word of caution, partially because this touches a sensitive subject. People that you might consider "Normal" and "Mature", when exposed to traumatic circumstances, can do very irrational and unexpected things. Regina is not just grieving. She's spent a lifetime of PTSD after watching her own mother kill the person she loved, and that led her to do things that she now regrets, as she gave in to her inner desires. And she just suffered a second traumatic event watching Robin sacrifice his life to save hers, which is particularly hard since there are times where Regina would probably rather die than suffer more.

Clearly far from sane? perhaps. But not unexpected, based on Regina's history and circumstance. She clearly needs to have several sessions with Archie. However, none of this makes Regina any less "Normal" and "Mature" than anyone else.

Oh, and just how DOES a Normal and Mature person deal with grief?

Now, back to the topic of this discussion. Regina does not need any romantic involvement at the moment, and Jekyll would probably be about the worst possible person for such an encounter in any case.