Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-28162607-20170818082458/@comment-1916997-20170901002747

Aine1989 wrote: The problem is that up until this point, Regina had never shown to hate herself. In fact, she said in 1x02 she didn't care about anyone else's happiness but her own and in season 4 she said she would "force the Author to write me the happy ending I deserve". Those are not the words of someone who hates themselves above everything. Hell she literally saw herself as the victim and Snow as the evil party, thinking that the EF "Call me [evil] because of her!"

The idea that the most narcassicistic character on the whole show (except for maybe Rumple) needed to learn to love herself is beyond laughable. It is a complete retcon. I would argue that lots of the things Regina did we're because on some level she hated herself. Things like taking an infertility potion just to spite your mother is definitly not something someone who loves oneself would do.