Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130201044544/@comment-201.230.106.110-20130211175049

Eddiefunny wrote: There's a reason they're called Evil Stepmothers, just because the husband has died, the stepmother still would mother the now orphaned child. Like in Cinderella and original Snow White.

Yes but in this case Regina who WAS the queen was vanished, not only that she was overthrown, they had to severe their legal connections so she wouldn't remain the lawful queen of that kingdom, she was then vanished to her castle where she wouldn't be a threat anymore not for the charmings or their people. Not even Snow acknowledges her as her mother which is why she told David's mother she grew up without one.

The thing is, even if all of this hadn't happened they are not in that world anymore, in this one there're no legal papers that somehow tie them up, in this world not even Snow and David are married.