Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26159109-20160311183055/@comment-25926288-20160311191931

Every arc, I predict. The whole "savior" thing is mildly acceptable towards Emma and can't be anymore than that. If Emma's fate is to "save everyone", I can live with that. However, you can't be tossing words around like it's Christmas.

Emma is the "Chosen One" and that's it. You can't go around in a story and say "Can major character number 2 be the chosen one despite all doubts?" That story would be tossed in the trash or never made it passed the editor because when you establish a chosen one, you shouldn't then make that trivial and toss it around like it's a common possibility.

Regina can never be the chosen one, but she can be the hero like everyone else can become. But she can also never be the Evil Queen again as people evolve and not jump between two hoops.

The real truth is that the characters don't seem to know where they are to go next. What does Rumple do after becoming a hero and Belle leaving him? Go back to being bad because he's not a complacent person anymore. He doesn't have everything he wants. Regina has everything she sort of wants. For the time being she is complacent. If one of her happy things go away, she's ready to splash in the puddle of darkness. Hook slowly got what he wanted and and so on.

So, there is a slight realism to Regina going evil again, mainly because she's typically at the cusp of it almost waiting for someone to threaten to take it away from her.

But long story short, Emma is the Savior and no one else. Regina has conquered self-doubt, so I don't see her character going anywhere besides making reparations and remorse.