Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20150804233505/@comment-24674051-20150811143713

I agree that Marian is really screwed over royally.

And Regina did start out Operation Mongoose in order to remove Marian and gain Robin for herself. But, TBH, aren't there times when we all have the same type of desire. I'd be a hypocrite if I claimed otherwise.

The story of Operation Mongoose is really Regina's path towards true redemption. She was given many opportunities along the way to make the WRONG choice, but in the end she made the right choices. She chose to save Marian rather than let her die to Ingrid's curse. She chose to let go of Robin so that Marian could be saved. And in the end, she even chose, once she had the author and ink, to NOT rewrite the story. Yes, Regina was tempted to go down the darker path, and sometimes she took a few steps down that path, but in the end, she chose to stay on the right path.

Ok, that was way off topic. Back to Marian.