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Rwo wrote: Cora's story in The Miller's Daugher was sad enough back then ;w; .....what was sad about it? At the time of "The Miller's Daughter", what I, personally, saw was a woman who wanted power, and was willing to give her child to Rumplestiltskin for it. She ripped out her own heart in pursuit of that power.

Even with the revelations made in season three, I do not feel bad for Cora. She was very much lying to Leopold in the hope of getting what she wanted. Even before she took out her heart, she was ruthless enough to abandon her newborn alone on a road. Why? So Cora could have her best chance.

There is nothing in Cora's past they could show me to garner sympathy for her from me. For the writers to try would be insulting. No abandonment or abuse justifies her actions. For me, she and Pan are the two most evil characters on the show.