Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-118.101.201.197-20130315043408/@comment-5106672-20130317173755

Cora had it in her. Being publicly humiliated by some spoiled princess could have exhacerbated her discomfort with her poor condition, but the extent of her evil actions went far beyond that. Besides, Rumple had to bring people from other lands to manipulate Regina into becoming evil, while Cora basically bought herself into it. Heart or not, she had some evil in her to begin with, which would eventually grow out of control.