Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151207015752/@comment-8345449-20151209045826

P3nathan wrote: I don't think it's bad, I just think it's a pointless non-solution. It's obvious Zelena is gonna get back eventually and now she'll have scorned mother issues to add to her "why I'm crazy" list. And to top it off, they've just left the damn kid to go on their underworld mission! They didn't have time to think of a better option. Plus, if Emma's plan had succeeded (remember she told Regina before the Zelena face-off), all dark magic would have been destroyed. Zelena would have been powerless and a threat to no one. They couldn't have foreseen Rumple pulling a fast one over everyone.

If Emma's plan failed, then the DO's would have revived and everyone else left in Storybrooke (fairies etc.) would have enough of a mess without adding a wicked witch to the mix. Sure, Zelena would return eventually, but that at least would give them some breathing room to think up of something. Maybe make more of Rumple's anti-shapeshifting potion so they could all mass migrate from Storybrooke.

However I do reckon the people of Oz, who just got their crazy evil ruler back, will definitely think it's a bad thing... but so long as Regina gets to play happy families I'm sure that won't matter. And of course by "play happy families" I mean Regina and Robin's version, which apparently involves leaving the new born baby for who knows how long while they both take a life threatening treck through a dangerous world to find Emma's dead boyfriend. I have no idea why Robin needs to tag along or  why Snow and Charming would leave Baby Neal all alone. Regina needs to go for obvious reasons I think. Not only does she owe Emma a lot but except for Rumple, she would be the most useful out of the group. But ultimately Robin is the one who decides who should take care of his children, why blame Regina for a choice Robin makes?

I'm not all "poor, poor Zelena", I'm just baffled by Regina's words and choices recently. And her hypocricy still winds me up. She constantly goes on about her redemption and how bad she was and how long it took No matter what bad things she had done in the past, she still has the right to defend her family and loved ones from threats. Most of the Storybrooke heroes have done questionable stuff in the past, should they just sit back and let Hook send them to the underworld?

but then she gives Zelena one episode and then banishes her for sitting in her chair and saying mean stuff? Let's be honest, Regina would've been banished like 10 times by now under such scrutiny. She's still doing bad stuff, shooting threats and using her evil queen mantle whenever it suits her.

After Season 4 finale, where Regina offered Zelena her second chance (so it was a lot more than 1 episode), what did she do that could possibly be on par with what Zelena had done? Zelena killed Marian, threatened to kill Robin, colluded with Rumple to rip away all the heroes' happy endings. She also took Snow hostage and along with Arthur, threatened Emma with their lives.

And I think its pretty obvious she was in league with Hook during the DO saga so she was doing a lot more than just sitting in a chair and saying mean thing; or else how did she know what the DOs' plans (to mark Emma's family and friends) were? If she cared enough about her child, she would at least have tried to spare Robin so that Baby Hood wouldn't have to grow up without a father.

Do I think Zelena would be a good mother? Honestly, I don't know. I wouldn't have pegged the woman who ripped her own father's heart out as mother of the year, but Henry's doing okay these days. What I do know is, it sure as hell isn't something Regina should be dictating. Except it was never Regina doing the dictating. It was Robin, the biological father (whom any judge would give custodial rights over Zelena), who told Zelena that their child should be given her best chance. Regina has always only ever said that she didn't want Zelena to take the child from Robin.

And whether Zelena would make a good mother in the future isn't relevant to Robin's decision on whether Zelena should be allowed rights to Baby Hood in the present. If the adoption centre had known what kind of person Regina was, they certainly wouldn't have given Henry to her. Robin can only make his decision based on what kind of person Zelena presented herself to be, and she certainly didn't help herself make a good impression.