Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24304025-20150202171011/@comment-5106672-20150331004800

I think people tend to dislike her because she gives Regina a hard time, at least at first. But when you give her a chance as a character on her own, she's just amazing. At first I loved to hate her and hated to love her, but now she's one of my favourites, even though I'm an Evil Regal to the bone. There could be a bagillion beautiful dynamics to explore between her and Regina.

As for her backstory, yeah, I would have preferred if they focussed more on the hardhips she had to endure as a peasant in Oz, rather than yet another daddy issue (come on, after Ursula I'm really wondering what issues Cruella had with her own dad, which made her a villain). Focussing more on the deprivations she hd to suffer would add credibility to her hatred for Regina… because let's face it, no one would ever envy Regina's murderously disfunctional family history.