Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20180101191335/@comment-34397172-20180119154159

Emillian Swanones wrote: Aine1989 wrote: TheRose123 wrote:

Aine1989 wrote:

CoolDudeAl wrote: Aine1989 wrote: Except Regina is not sorry for what she has done. She has shown virtually no remorse or responsibility (she started to a little tiny bit in s6 but by then it was too little too late). She still does bad stuff, showing she has not changed Okay, I don't even know what to say to this. Regina has done many things to help the heroes and/or defeat the villains, starting as early as Season 2, when Regina was literally willing to die to save everyone. If you can't see this, you are not paying attention to the show. In season 2 she had the foundation of a redemption arc. But here is a quick run down of my issues with her "heroic" deeds:

-Stopping the trigger in season 2 was her fixing her own mistake. She only went good because her plan to kill everyone and abduct Henry failed and she was put in danger. I’m not saying I agree or disagree with you, but you argue that Hook has a better redemption arc than Regina —- don’t most of his heroic deeds involve fixing his own mistakes as well? Ummmm, no. Really only 5x11. And letting Henry being captured by Pan if you like, squint really really really rrreeaaallly hard. 3x17- Killian helps "Ariel" find Eric. In the past, he chose to keep the Jolly Roger over getting Eric's location from Black Beard

Six Weeks- Helps Belle free the fairies from the hat. It wasn't his fault of course, but he believed it was.

5x11- Sacrificies himself to stop the Darkness sending everyone to the Underworld, something he would have been responsible for

6x12- Helps David find his father's killer, comforts and supports him when he breaks down. Learns he is the killer and on his adventure proves his heroism. In this case, the "mistake-fixing" is all the times he's helped the Charmings. He hardly helped Ariel at all and he betrayed her in the end. And he is still left lying to everyone for what he has done.

And yet since he found out and recognized David's father, he lies to him just like Scar and Hamlet's killer does to their victom's father. And he has not fixed what he did. And now like he did to David about his dad, he lies to Henry about his mother Emma.