Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25091543-20140808224411/@comment-2153169-20140808230352

I dont really think it happened in one day, maybe it gives you this impression but not sure. Then, for me it is wrong to say Zelena has a weak character development: she has a really complicated backstory and she proves evil is not born but made. Zelena is a not a real villain like Pan for me, she is a victim of her mother. Cora wanted to be a queen, and she sacrificed her own daughter for that. Zelena tried to be good and to be friendly (cf 320) but her childhood was painful, especially when she discovered her true story. "Turning people into monkeys and stealing a baby" = I think you missed a lot of details about her backstory. Zelena was wicked not because she is purely evil, but because her pain was important. I don't say her methods were good, but... Zelena is someone I can understand. She is defendable; not her methods but her reason to do that. It is really hard to understand why a parent abandonned me, especially when this parent has a child after you. What Zelena thought about herself? So yeah, her jalousy against Regina was important. But that's nit her fault. I guess our vision about Zelena and her story/backstory is linked to our own vision about this kind of things. Some persons like me will understand how does she feel, probably because they know this kind of situation. And some persons won't understand her. It proves Zelena's backstory is really complicated and, again, our own life could have some important on how we see this character. Again, Zelena's methods were bad; but her motivation? Not really. I think she was a rich character, and definitely a victim. Not a real villain.