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DavidTennantismyAngel wrote: I have never understood this mentality. Why hold back with a horrible person? Yes, they're a living, breathing human being like you, but they don't have your self-restraint or your goodness or your conscience and all they want to do is hurt people. Why should they live while innocent people die at their hands? I assume you are talking about the villains walking around untouched. I think it's because of the poiwer imbalalnce due to the decent but not finalized worldbuilding. Magic users can't be touched. They can imprison Hook, like they did in season 2 and imprison a powerless Zelena, but if the have magic, well they escape free everytime because you really can't stop them.

The common worldbuilding question always presented in what are the checks in balances if you have magic.

Also, the heores in the show seem to want to always give that villain another chance....if they feel empathy with them or are family, otherwise they could care less if they die.