Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34924658-20170504173357/@comment-261373-20170506215518

Looking back at episodes that featured flashbacks of our big bads for each season, you could tell a lot from these on whether they will be redeem or not. Most of the times, you will see scene that will make you empathetic toward the big bad or see they're bad from the get-go. Sometime something mention in the passing that should make you empathetic with the big bad, but since it's just mention and not seen, you don't have the same empathetic. In the process, you may able to predict whether Fiona is redeemable or not.

Regina: What really set her way to her evil way was Cora killing Daniel. Cora: What really set her way to choose power over love was a young bratty Princess Ava trip her. Tamara: She tried to killed the Dragon. Pan: While we hear of his tough life as a youth, what we saw was his abandon of Rumple. Zelena: What really set her wicked ways was Cora preference of Regina over her and her stepfather threaten her every sign of magic he saw from her. Ingrid: What her set her to make Emma and Elsa her sisters was because she lost her real sisters sue to what Duke of Weaselton did. Nimue: While we heard of how Vortigan destroy her village, she cannot let go of her anger. The anger that lead her to drink the Grail to ultimately be the First Dark One, pave the way for others. Isaac: He pretend to be a peddler to trick David and Snow to sacrifice Mal's baby to rid Emma of her darkness. Mal: She lost her daughter because David and Emma. Ursula: Didn't want to use her singing to lure sailors to their death. Cruela: Killed her mother and stepfathers. Hades: Really using Zelena to fall in love with him so he can get his heart beating again. Evil Queen: See Regina above.

Now as far as Fiona, I don't think she's redeemable after we saw in Black Fairy episode. The way she tricked Tiger Lily to hold baby Rumple so she can take Tiger wand to transform into a fairy. Also as said on the other thread, I think she lied in the last memory she showed Rumple. And she could've easily sever her dark power so Rumple could have live, but she sever his. She clearly love her power over her son.