Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26211594-20151009183748/@comment-25926288-20151018181405

Everyone is biased, lol. Biased for or against and it still happens.

Regina is more of a shortcut kind of character. She's taken shortcuts all her life and she's even a bit self-destructive to herself and that's what makes her interesting as a character. Noone goes "evil" for the greater good, they just commit the evil action for the greater good. We don't know if she asked Belle befoe taking her heart and then telling her to forget. She did it for leverage. I don't excuse her for those actions but it's her facing off against a powerful sorceress and an immortal vessel of Darkness. I don't think she would have stood a chance aginst them without some leverage. Was it wrong? Yeah, but she was caught between a rock and a hard place. Should she apologize? Yeah, but if the writers forgot about it there's nothing we can do. Belle and Regina seem to be on good terms in the reccent episodes, so they may have move past that.

Regina's struggle isn't with an abstract like Darkness or magic, but herself. But besides the blaming others, she's not delusional, just not very self-aware. She was honest about not regretting things because Henry was worth it. It would be terribel to say he wasn't worth it. But also, there is a difference between regret and remorse. Regina doesn't regret anything, but does show remorse every now and then. Regina also has the psychological need to appear strong and never show her weak side. It is even seen in "The Price" where she says so to Snow and if she wasn't stopped would have probably gotten herself kiled fighting the Fury. She tries to appear strong and hide behind sass and a snarky behavior because every time she opens herself up, it seemingly backfires.

Regina has shown some self-awareness, but it wasn't until recently that Regina realized that she was her own worst enemy. Well, she might not say it or try to believe it, but we know that is the case. But she can't really learn when she pretty much got what she wanted.

Regina is sort of like a off-version of Rumple's growth. Rumple thinks there's nothing but evil in him and any good he does only gives him more heartbreak and more cause to be evil. There's no reason to truly commit to a life of heroics.

Regina is similar, but she knows there is something besides evil in her and doing some good acts gives her what she wants, but there's no reason to fully commit to a life of good when you can get what you want half way.

It's also similar to Hook. Hook pretty much got everything he wanted. He got his revenge, got his ship, got a new love to fall over. But when things get rough, he fights to go back to the way things were and not accept anything else whether that means to do anything for his happiness.

And yes, Regina is being enabled, but that is hardly her fault. There is good inside her, but does she have to fully commit to it when she has what she wants......maybe, maybe not. This is true about any character though. Belle enabled Rumple. Emma tells Hook how he's a hero and good (Even though, Hook apparently syas there's only evil inside Emma and he doesn't retunr the favor). Regina has Henry and Robin to do that as well as Snow.