@AntBee wrote:
Thanks for sharing your story ScarletLady. That was incredibly brave.
I agree. It was incredibly brave of you to do that and adds an extra layer to the conversation. Bravo.
@AntBee wrote:
Not that it can’t mean that Cora’s plans were more about getting revenge on her sister than just about trying to get Regina to marry into wealth/power, but the way Cora came across to me was like one of those stage mothers from hell, who couldn’t do something when they were younger, so they force their children especially their daughters into trying to accomplish the goal to be able to live vicariously through them like Mama Rose Thompson or Dina Lohan.
Parents living vicariously through their children, accomplishing their dreams because they never could. I can see forcing Regina to want power because she couldn’t when she was younger.
@AntBee wrote:
On the other hand, it seems that Cora may have tried to think she could have both her child and her new life of wealth and status. So like in RumplesGirl’s theory which she posted in “The Miller’s Daughter’s” spoiler section, I think she got a hold of the Dagger, so that Rumpel would have to agree to whatever she wanted which was getting to keep Regina and getting to still be Princess/Queen. Rumpel agrees because he doesn’t have any other choice, but he already has a plan to get back at Cora by making it so Henry loses his kingdom to George, and Cora is left with nothing but Henry and Regina. As years go by, Cora becomes really bitter and angry with herself that she finally was a Princess/Queen, but if she hadn’t wanted to hold onto Regina instead of just handing her over to Rumpelstiltskin, she could still be Princess/Queen. I think that maybe why she told Regina that love was a weakness because she grew to see herself as being weak.
That’s possible too.