Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26211594-20151009183748/@comment-5106672-20151019034055

Eskaver wrote: I believe (which is sort of obvious) that this is Regina's character arc during this season. I agree wioth GothicNarcissus on most, if not all the major points.

One thing somewhat despise is when soem people show specific biases towards certian characters and still don't try to see it from a more basic level.

Regina's whole think was to blame someone else. IT's something that she hasn't recovered from, even in season 4, she blamed the Author and wanted that individual to change it. She got everything she wanted (Point 1 goes to Zelena), therefore, she didn't get the opportunity to truly show that part of her changed. It's easy to say you are happy with what you have when you have everything you wanted.

This season Regina has much of what she wanted, but she still has her projection issues. She has right to be mad at Rumple and to think Emma summon the Fury, however, Regina has a degree of self-awareness that others don't always share.

Regina isn;t as self-aware as Rumple or Hook, but more closely to the same awareness as Snow (her counterpart/ foil to me). She has her moments, but she never takes a full look in the metaphorical mirror (which she has been told at least twice last season).

Some people discount her because her small tragedy over someone that has lost to suffer from, but you have to remeber that each person is different. A guy down the street might steal a lot and can't help it, but you think that might be easy to not steal and to overcome, but it's not the same for everyone and that applies to Regina. Regina might have been pampered and had a few losses and most of them by her own hand, but she's also psychologically damaged and things like that take time to fix. That's probably the most realistic thing and definitely more realistic that Snow and Charming's constant optimism.

I do get uppity sometimes, but if characters were perfect then the show would be over, becaause there would be nothing left to do. A story is always dependent on the characters and not the plot. If the characters are done changing than the story is done before people get bored. I'm going to sound like I want to defend Regina at all costs now, but I tend to disagree about how bad her blame-pushing relapses are. After her big epiphany at the end of S4 – that she's her own worst enemy and only she can build her happiness – we've only seen her snapping out of anger or frustration (plus amnesia and incomplete information). People tend to overtalk when they're angry and frustrated and in the dark of what's really going on. That's different from her spending decades of her life constantly blaming Snow for the Daniel incident in each and every moment of the day, including when she was calm and collected. If anything, she needs to improve her anger management.