I agree with both Epona and WR. Regina has done many terrible things and she has done some good things. However, if we’re basing one good thing cancels out one bad thing, then Regina still has a lot of bad deeds to make up for. Regina is doing the thing she’s always done. She’s blaming others rather than taking responsibility for her actions. For example, she’s blaming Emma for ruining her happy ending, when it is Regina’s actions that are ruining her own happy ending.
If Regina (or anyone) wants a happy ending then she needs to earn it (and she HAS started on that path). But she cannot manipulate the situations or “change fate” to get herself a happy ending.
What good deed can this woman do to make up for her past???? Again I ask….after everything….what will it take!
Rumplestilskin sacrificed his own life to save SB from Pan, and yet people still put him on the “villain” pedestal. Regina was willing to sacrifice her life to send the people she cursed back home to the EF, and then turned around and sacrificed her own happy ending by sending Henry away with Emma, still sending the people she cursed back home to the EF.
How is Regina blaming others? It is Emma’s fault….good deed or not…she did not think of the consequences of screwing with time and fate! So Marian being back, is Emma’s fault. And Marian dying….clearly we were shown that Marian had two choices. You can either snitch and go back home to your family, or you can keep Snow White’s secret and die for her. Marian chose option 2 which landed her where she was. Did Regina kill her…yes! Did Regina give Marian an option…yes! Did Marian take that option…No!
Marian was trying to touch fire, hoping she wouldn’t get burned. But as Regina said “silence was stupidity”.
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