Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5679696-20150427225803/@comment-4839682-20151105032342

Tysonjackson wrote: She's more along the lines of just minion since a henchmen is defined as a faithful follower.

Edit: Sorry sent this before the above reply. I agree with what you're saying but I just don't really think its a far assumption that Nurse Ratched is a villain here too. And she technically does work for Regina even if it isn't by choice. When Regina made the curse she placed Ratched down there and the two seem to be okay friends seeing as how she gave her rose. I'm not saying it's a bad assumption, just that there's no evidence.

And Regina gave her a rose while her Dark Curse was in effect. Ratched seemed surprised by the gesture, at least to me XD I wouldn't call that evidence of a deeper bond, although that doesn't mean there isn't one. All the speculation about her being evil really started after "Skin Deep", and was fueled a lot with people saying "she had Belle locked in an asylum, and Belle's not crazy!", as if Ratched herself had put her there personally and knew the full truth. And it's kind of stuck since then XD (It doesn't help that she's a dour woman, but I've known many career nurses with worse dispositions)

I do truly love watching everyone speculate tho. It's delicious XD