I think you and I actually agree on a lot of this, Slurpeez. I think your initial question or statement was how could someone defend her and I decided to put on an EvilRegal hat and try to do it because obviously fans do it.
Regina plotted to kill Snow and her family before Cora died, so it wasn’t Regina’s grief over her mother that made her want to murder.
Very true, Regina has never needed an excuse to go after Snow or the Charming clan. But Cora’s death seems to have escalated it because for a total of 5 seconds Regina finally had her mother’s love.
I understand this is a fantasy program, but I hope in real life no sane or loving parent would commit cold-blooded MURDER of a child’s blood family just to keep a child, which is not in a child’s best interest at all.
Absolutely. No sane or loving human should do that in order to keep their child when it’s not a healthy relationship to begin with. But as you said this is a fantastical program thats conceptual world exists outside of “real world” standards. If we can try to rationalize Rumple’s actions in the EF leading up to the curse and everything he’s done since we have to exhibit at least the same considerations for Regina. *on a side note, I’m very confused with myself because it sounds like I’m defending Regina which..I don’t do. I leave that to the EvilRegals*
I fully agree that Regina is pathological and her actions are not of a sane rational person. As far as rights go, she may not have legal rights if the adoption was not on the up and up but she did raise him for 10 years and Henry does consider her to still be his mother in some regards. Regina needs to learn how to be a mother without resorting to being Cora, but I think that’s a long and complicated road. In the meantime , it’s a Catch-22. Regina will stop at nothing to have Henry in her life but if Emma and Neal probably don’t want her around Henry. What’s the solution? Keeping Henry out of her life is only fostering her resentment and anger but giving in to her on the chance that it will mellow her out doesn’t seem like the best solution either. It’s messy and complicated.