Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24304025-20150202171011/@comment-26186579-20150331010440

GothicNarcissus wrote: I think people tend to dislike her because she gives Regina a hard time, at least at first. But when you give her a chance as a character on her own, she's just amazing. At first I loved to hate her and hated to love her, but now she's one of my favourites, even though I'm an Evil Regal to the bone. There could be a bagillion beautiful dynamics to explore between her and Regina.

As for her backstory, yeah, I would have preferred if they had focussed more on the hardships she had to endure as a peasant in Oz, rather than yet another daddy issue (come on, after Ursula I'm really wondering what issues Cruella had with her own dad, which made her a villain). Focussing more on the deprivations she had to suffer would have added credibility to her hatred for Regina… because let's face it, no one would ever envy Regina's murderously disfunctional family history. are you for real? the sense I get is that on this wiki site, everyone is obsessed with zelena coming back and are in love with her. I feel i'm the rare exception and strongly dislike her. I would even go as far as to say she has been one of my least favorite characters on the show thus far. if anything, people are giving zelena way too much like credibility.

But I agree with you with the back story...perhaps if it was a slightly different feel of a back story, I would like her more. Like mal's back story with her child? holy cow how can anyone not root for her. i'm on team mal for sure.