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Eskaver wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote:

Eskaver wrote:

Yeah, his actions afterward were despicable. I take it that he was more desperate and miserable than evil. Sort of.

Chances are he's dead. Locking someone in the mines for weeks.....either someone fed him or David has some hidden evil secrets. Nah, if George was dead, it was suicide. Charming literally had the chance to kill him twice (when he was defeated in the Enchanted Forest and when on the beach in Child Of The Moon) and he took none of these chances, probably due to the fact that George wanted death to reunite with James and the Queen. Totally wonder if the rest of the Government officials were royalty too?......

But I do totally agree that villains that have shown remorse or some sympathtic background tend to be seen as less evil. We haven't really met any. But so far we've had royals be a mechanic (Thomas), a fisherman (Eric), a florist (Maurice), an ice cream lady (Ingrid), a District Attorney (George), a Mayor (Regina), a schoolteacher (Snow) and a broken marriage (David and Abigail). And we've never seen any sign of Midas in Storybrooke, but I doubt he's much better off if he's alive (his presence in the past in the season 3 finale, but not the present gives me pause).

Seems like Regina just wanted everyone to suffer. Including the royals.