Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150901033946/@comment-25926288-20150901115456

Well, I like good character. If Milah was Halim and he left his crippled wife for a pirate warrior and stuff. He'd be the character I love.....to hate. It's like Rumple. I don't love his actions, but I love how developed as he was as a villain.

I don't excuse Milah, but I like to stick up for those that many do not like.

Milah makes one mistake and noone forgives her over Regina that killed hundreds, Ingrid that tried to kill thousands, and much worse.

Both Rumple and Milah were in the wrong. Milah asked Rumple after everything smoothed over after Bae was born if they could just move. But Rumple I assume turned her down everytime. Milah was thinking about more than herself. She was thinking about Rumple's reputation on his whole family. If it wasn't patriarchal, then Milah probably could have just taken Bae years ago and leave. (Belle's whole schtik in Skin Deep was that women never get the chance to do whatever) Not only was Rumple the town coward, which is suprising that he wasn't put to death, he was also crippled and delegated to a "woman's" profession. Spinning was typically done by women (i.e. the spinsters that raised him). This brought even more same to the family and it's likely that Milah had to do both housework and normal work to support the family.

Eventually she got fed up and persuaded by a pretty boy pirate to come along with him on his ship. We don't know if Milah went completely willingly or if she fought back to try to at least get her son. I doubt pirates turn back around, especially if they are wanted and in a kingdom that is at war. Point is we don't see her perspective. If she was grinnning evilily and cackling as she thought about leaving her son, then she deserves such grief.

Next, she dies at the hand of her husband because he blames her for Bae leaving.....even though that was totally him.

She apologizes and makes a rash decision and dies by her angry husband's hand.

Milah makes one potential mistake or two and the whole fandom is against her, when you never saw her view. That's like seeing Regina from only Snow's view. All Snow sees is a lying, narcissiistic witch that killed her father and tortured her people to kill, curse and defame her. No tears for Regina then.

Like, Milah and Rumple coth abandon their child and whoops, boo hoo Rumple, cursed Milah! That's a double standard. IF a mother leaves her child is it worse than the father leaving his child? There are many fatherless children that the father gets a bit of debate, but "Oh no, how dare the mother abandon her child?"

Both Rumple and Milah made a mistake that they regretted and they are either both seen the same in that light or worse.

And don't tell me "But she was keeping Rumple from saving Bae by withholding the bean!" She had no clue why Rumple wanted the bean, just saw some evil magic possessing her husband wanting power.