Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26901329-20150730140444/@comment-25926288-20151006221656

DavidTennantismyAngel wrote: I really hate Regina for ripping out Belle's heart, and I am 100% sure she just took it from her and didn't plan anything with her. I was so wrong to think Regina was ever truly good. She has managed to trick herself and everyone around her into thinking that, but it's not true and it will never be true. It's more of iffy writing than Regina. The writing has the characters keep telling she's a hero and they have Regina believe it.

The thing is the writers don't want a totally good Regina. They want the EQ and a redemptive Regina and then that's why she does things like this. They want both, but they contradict.

So besides writing, in-show, I'm sure Regina isn't trying to fool anyone. She's thinks she there simply because you have people telling her you're a hero and good every five minutes without knowing everything she does.