Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26211594-20151009183748/@comment-4427410-20151013064408

Are you seriously making Regina out to be a more moral person than Emma and Henry? Do you honestly think that mass-murder and some child lying are equally horrible?

I am too disgusted beyond words by this response. When did I ever say that? Why is it that whenever I criticize any of the Charmings - especially the holy duo of Emma and Henry - people have to use Regina's crimes as a means to dismiss my criticism?

No. I never said that Regina was better than Emma and Henry. . . except in one regard. Neither of them have ever really faced some of their questionable past actions. That's all. Otherwise, they are NOT worse than Regina.

Are you really that incapable of facing the fact that Emma and Henry are not perfect? Or that they are flawed. I sometimes feel that many fans tend to view Emma in the same manner as Austen fans view Fanny Price. They're so busy in trying to paint both characters as ideal or near ideal that they ignore their flaws.

I rarely comment about Regina's flaws, because the show and the fans are constantly discussing them. I don't find this surprising, considering that she had began the show as a major villain. Yet, they also discussing Hook's (and now Robin, Snow and Charming's) flaws. But when it comes to Henry and especially Emma, they won't do it. And I'm still wondering why.