What I don’t understand is why Zelena never went to befriend/talk to Regina in the first place. When she first talked to the Wizard she said something along the lines of wanting to find a family and instead of wanting to meet her sister she *immediately* becomes jealous of her because of Rumple teaching her magic. Just strikes me as odd. The whole thing would have made more sense to me if Regina “abandoned” her as well. I don’t know Zelena just seems incredibly unhinged to me and not really justifiably so. Perhaps it is because her backstory if fairly limited compared to the other villains but I find her to be the least redeemable (aside from Pan and maybe Cora).
Excellent point.
And I think that’s why a lot of people are (right now) having trouble wanting her redeemed. Until a year ago in the EF, Regina had never met/seen Zelena.