Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26855145-20150804175825/@comment-24950802-20150804184315

Farerb wrote: Something that really bugged me was that in one episode in 4B, Regina says thatshe doen't like how Ursula and Cruella bringing up the horrible things she did in the past while she tries to forget them since its not who she is anymore, and all I'm thinking is that she should be reminded of those things and make amends, not sweeping it under the rug. Regina never paid for what she did, but the writers somehow don't think it's irrelevant or important. That's always gonna be an issue with this show, for all sorts of things, even unpopular characters and stories. No one liked Greg and Tamara, so the writers sweeped them under the rug, killed them off unceremoniously. But the main reason why they were disliked is because - especially in Tamara's case - their motives were sketchy or nonexistant. The writers didn't do right by that, they didn't bother explaining why Tamara hated magic, why neither was above using magic to get their way despite claiming to find it unholy, and, um, the magic taser thing was also never explained lol. The Lacey persona was apparently also unpopular, and hasn't been mentioned since season 2 ended and introduced no consequences/ramifications, even though Belle witnessed Gold beating a guy to probable death with his cane. She never brought it up, just like she's never brought up his first wife, whom Hook said Gold killed. Like... it's now common knowledge that Hook hates Rumple cos he killed Milah, right? Something everyone should know. Doesn't Belle care, since she's the second Mrs. Stitskin?

Emma never put two and two together and confronted Regina for Graham's death, and Regina should indeed be reminded of that stuff and pay for her crimes, not move on and be happy because "she's not the same woman anymore". Um, big whoop? She still ended the lives of a bajillion people! So she doesn't get her kicks off of that anymore, who cares?! Everyone, I guess. We all also choose to sweep that under the rug because we have to conform to the fact that that's what the show is gonna do always and forever, and because we love Regina and Lana in the role and kind of end up rooting for her. But it always annoyed me how Robin never seemed to acknowledge that Regina was the reason Marian died in the first place. She had his wife executed, but he never brought it up, and seemed perfectly fine continuing an affair with her. Oh, and then they made Zelena kill Marian in the alternative timeline which is sooooo convenient. When Regina broke the news to Robin in 4.19 that Zelena killed Marian, I had to laugh. This is why I always say the characters on this show are so superficial.