Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160425010026/@comment-26159109-20160425035127

Eskaver wrote: Farerb wrote: Retcons were shameless this episode. Regina and Zelena meeting, Cora wasn't an abusive mother. That ruined the whole episode for me, but what did I expect at this stage? Are you going to be cheerful about the good things? Just asking.

Regina and Zelena meeting wasn't what I liked but there;s nothing wrong with that. It's not a plot hole because it was filled back up and it explains somethings. Just because it wasn't the best secret they could have doesn't mean that it's a RETCON! worthy moment.

And Cora was clearly abusive or did you not see the end of the flashback? Cora is manipulative and pretty callous and it stayed that way at the end of the flashback. Cora is not to blame for what Zelena did to Regina in 3B-4 or whatever Zelena and Regina did to other people. This whole backstory is a contrived way to "redeem" Zelena and I'm tired of that tbh. Cora moving to the good place was a joke, all the horrible things she has done to Regina? to Snow? to Eva? are null and void because she revealed her secret?

I get that people like this episode because Mills women hype, but it doesn't change the fact that it is flawed, and yes they retconned three characters backstories because PLOT and ZELENA REDEEMED and ZELENA AND REGINA RELATIONSHIP THAT WON'T MAKE ANY SENSE and doing a forgetting ex machina doesn't change that it was a retcon.