Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5521796-20130201044544/@comment-190.235.45.159-20130211203531

Eddiefunny wrote: There's a reason they're called Evil Stepmothers, just because the husband has died, the stepmother still would mother the now orphaned child. Like in Cinderella and original Snow White.

Yes, but this is not Regina's case, she was banished but not only that, she was overthrown. She WAS the queen, so in order for the charmings to take back the kingdom they had to severe her legal connection with Snow so that she wouldn't be the lawful queen anymore, and after that she was banished to live alone in her castle, away from them and the kingdom so she wouldn't pose a threat to them or their people.

Even Snow doesn't see her as a mother, which is why she told David's mother that she grew up without one.

The thing is, even if all this hadn't happened they are not in that world anymore, they are here and in this world there're no legal papers that tie them, here they're nothing to each other. Not even Snow and David are married here, if they stay here then they'd eventually have to remarry.

Imagine what it'd be like if they had legal ties in this word, Henry would be Mary Margaret's step brother, David's brother in law, Emma's step uncle and his own step great uncle. I'd be a mess.