Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27885419-20161015152013/@comment-25926288-20161015214132

Regina's a slightly different topic, but like all the characters under the hood. She's simply stuck in cyclical character growth, even if she's moving forward. It's similar to how Emma's walls keep coming up (although realistic), Belle keeps taking back Rumple, David keeps lying to Snow, etc. it becomes annoying.

If you want to dicsuss character growth, stagnation, or what ever the writers are trying to do, I suggest a thread on the Character Discussion board.