Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5094906-20130211185818/@comment-4839682-20130224214803

I think the very idea that she wanted to punish some people (Snow, Charming, Gretel, Hansel, etc etc) is what fueled what the Curse did, including setting up her allies to continue to be allies (Sidney, Graham, etc). Her ideas on making them miserable.

As for her conversing with Jefferson... Regina was manipulating him to get what she wanted. She was never going to give him a new life, and I frankly don't think she could have. She was just saying what he wanted to hear to get what she wanted.

The Curse just took Regina's intent and used it for the specifics, imho. What better punishment for a man who went mad trying to get back to his daughter than to be in the new world with her knowing it, and knowing they were separated?