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DatNuttyKid wrote: It might be annoying, but Zelena turning everything into being about her is perfectly consistent with her character since its inception. A major part of Zelena's character motivation has consistently been to be the center of attention. Season 3B, she tried to change the timeline to give herself center stage. Season 4, she wedged herself into the middle of Regina's romance with Robin. Season 5, she tried to keep everyone else out of her daughter's life. Now we have Season 6, where she wants to be involved with everything (the decision to split the EQ, the decision to bring Robin back) and is still trying to keep everyone else out of her daughter's life.

The other part is her desire to be loved, which was at the forefront of Season 5B, but since that's also Regina, Hook, and Rumple's character motivations, they seem to be putting more emphasis on her Drama Queen-hood (hey, that should be the ship name for the Lena/Gina/Robby love triangle!) to separate her from other redemption arcs. (Although her desire to be loved is still present, such as in her dynamic with Serum Queen and Rumple.) But I do think that her desire to be loved stems from her desire to be the center of attention, so really it all comes back to that. Adding onto this, a huge part of Zelena's character is her envy, so much so she literally turned green with it. Envy is wanting what others have, so naturally she is going to insert herself into other people's things.