I disagree. Regina chose the path of revenge despite the fact that her father and Maleficent tried to talk her out of it.
Her father did a little more than just try to talk her out of it. He begged for his life, then she made a conscious choice to kill him with her own hand anyway.
In an interview, they said that magic was going to be like “currency”. What that means, I have no idea.
Yeah I can’t wait to see what that means exactly. Does it mean it needs to be earned and can be traded between people, even those who didn’t have it before?