Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150826195114/@comment-25926288-20160213124006

Regina blamed the book for her not being happy (That's what you said). So, that means that Regina blamed the Author who wrote the book for her bad decisions because it was regina's bad decisions that made her unhappy.

Both Regina and Rumple think the end justifies the means, so you can't say one is a hero and the other is a bad, bad man. Snow is a true hero, who would't have done such a thing.

And that's the point, Regina is not much better than Rumple. Rumple may acept that he's evil, but him and Regina both fight "dirty" to achieve their goals. Regina was going to have the Author rewrite stuff and Rumple had the same plan. You can't call Rumple a villain for wanting the same thing that Regina wanted. Regina choose not to, but it doesn't make her a hero, because she didn't save anyone. It doesn't make her a decent person because Emma had a bad life and we don't see her using the Author or complaining.