Like Mother, Like Daughter

[darcyfarrow]

Ah, the old iron-bands-around-the-airborne-opponent trick! Are there any more tricks in Regina's arsenal that she's copied from mom?

[Lil'Red]

A fondness for crushing hearts?

[obisgirl]

Tying people up using magic. Cora did it to Regina and Regina did it to Maleficent in episode 2, The Thing that You Love the Most.

[LisaFromOH]

From another thread, from Elle: the Queen--she is very good at tricking people, and manipulation.
That is definitely something that Cora and Regina have in common.

[Lil'Red]

I'm going to add to the above that they are both particularly controlling towards their offspring and set with the expectations they have for them: to 'excel' in life, anyway possible.

[darcyfarrow]

Oh yes, and both are material girls.

[Lil'Red]

Oh yes, and both are material girls.

For all Regina's pleas that money means nothing in Stable Boy, she certainly did make herself comfortable in Storybrooke.

[AntBee]

Oh yes, and both are material girls.

For all Regina's pleas that money means nothing in Stable Boy, she certainly did make herself comfortable in Storybrooke.

Yes, I guess that's part of the reason that I didn't the like the explanation of why Regina hates Snow White and wants revenge on her. I do think that Daniel was her one true love because of her actions that came later, but I do wish that Regina's scenes with Daniel actually conveyed that he was. I just didn't feel any chemistry there at all, and it did somewhat feel like Regina didn't commit herself to Daniel earlier not because she was scared of her mom but because she didn't want to marry someone who was a stable boy either. It's unfortunate because Lana Parrilla usually generates chemistry with all of her co-stars, and I might have a little more sympathy for Regina if I felt that what she had Daniel equaled what Snow and Charming have or what Rumple and Belle have. Or even what Dreamy and Nova have or what Abigail and Frederick have.

[hjbau]

I felt like there was chemistry between Regina and Daniel, but i do think by that point Regina had already been damaged by her contact with her mother and how she had treated her. It wasn't as if Regina was a perfect soul and then Snow ruined her, she was already damaged before that, but seeing her mother take Daniel's heart caused a lot of new damage and gave her an enemy that she felt like she could hit back against which she did not at that time feel like she could do against her mother. It worked for me, but i think there is still more story to tell.

[Lil'Red]

Oh yes, and both are material girls.

For all Regina's pleas that money means nothing in Stable Boy, she certainly did make herself comfortable in Storybrooke.

Yes, I guess that's part of the reason that I didn't the like the explanation of why Regina hates Snow White and wants revenge on her. I do think that Daniel was her one true love because of her actions that came later, but I do wish that Regina's scenes with Daniel actually conveyed that he was. I just didn't feel any chemistry there at all, and it did somewhat feel like Regina didn't commit herself to Daniel earlier not because she was scared of her mom but because she didn't want to marry someone who was a stable boy either. It's unfortunate because Lana Parrilla usually generates chemistry with all of her co-stars, and I might have a little more sympathy for Regina if I felt that what she had Daniel equaled what Snow and Charming have or what Rumple and Belle have. Or even what Dreamy and Nova have or what Abigail and Frederick have.

I'm with you on this AntBee: it's SO not there for me. Daniel just didn't get enough scene time or backstory to leave me invested in his character. Instead of writing a compelling love story, explaining WHY he was her one true love or HOW they fell in love: he just felt like kill fodder the entire time. They didn't even give him a personality to work with: he was just generic and good - and somehow his death was supposed to make me understand/sympathize with a grown woman systematically destroying everyone's lives all to reach her main target: a 13 year old girl (technically not anymore, but still).