Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170805235523/@comment-1916997-20170806141359

Eskaver wrote: I'm not going to touch the "touchy" subjects or the romance (as I pretty much said to not discuss that.)

I do agree more than often there is comparion amongst each character as a standard of morality. Example: Zelena has killed less people on screen than H2R, but does that mean that she's morally "better" than any of the others? I mean if we look at it to a surface level, H2R has:

- commiitted patricide (killing their father)

- attempted mass murder

- casual murder

- multiple murders

- sexually weird things (Rumple isn't the "r" word as that was discussed to simply be untrue)

- lied like no tomorrow (varying of course)

- have not actually served much of an extended punishment (Rumple is iffy as he could have escaped anytime)

- all have self-loathing issues, whether it is about self worth, grief, or an attempt at control of their lives

Most that really differs are minor character traits, appearance, amount of magic, and amount of screentime. Even all three sort of lopped arounnd around (of course, more so Rumple > Hook > Regina, as she sort of stalled out for a lengthy period of time). Yep, it's funny how people see them as so different when they are really so similar. Even Zelena shares many of these traits, and even ones we don't have proof of (like patricide), I think an argument can be made. Like would anyone be surprised if Zelena, killed or otherwise cursed her abusive adoptive father?