Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5934324-20130222233219/@comment-99.234.32.246-20130320001640

Regina said once you blacken your heart it only gets darker but given how both she and Rumpel act some of the time, and what Rumpel himself said about believing you did the right thing part of them most feel some sort of guilt for what they did and perhaps that is what blackens the heart, not the acts they performed but the guilt that consumes them. Snow will forgive herself and end up unblackening her heart.

Keep in mind Cora did a lot of shit yet her heart was glowing red, because it wasn't inside her when she commited those acts, no emotions no guilt.