Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-28162607-20180101191335/@comment-25536775-20180119233353

Aine1989 wrote: Okay let's leave religion out of this.

I am not saying Regina hasn't done anything, but what she has done is largely either a) fixing her own mistake b) when she had no other choice or c) selfishly motivated.

Regina said that she has not reverted, despite the fact she really wants to, because if she does she loses everyone she cares about. Not because people will get hurt. She is thinking of herself and what she will lose, the impact on other people not once crossed her mind. I won't leave it out of this because it's an important analogy in this scenario. Invalidating someone's good deeds based solely on the fact that they're doing it because they expect some form of retribution (either divine retribution in the case of religion, or social acceptance and a happy ending in the case of Regina) is ludicrous.

Regina has several times helped the Charmings with problems she didn't cause. Giving Emma and Henry good memories, sparing Zelena's life, saving Marian's life, helping defeat the Snow Queen, staying in the Underworld to help bring back Hook, facing the Black Fairy in combat, talking Ella down from killing her son when she had a perfectly justifiable reason to at the very least have her arrested, teaching Drizella magic when she believed Drizella was innocent, and more. I don't see how these could be "fixing her own mess", "selfishly motivated", or "when she had no other choice".