Alright, I have to get a response to this off my chest. I haven’t barged into any other threads to defend Emma, Hook, or any of the real people who I’ve seen actually bashed there, but I do feel the need to defend Emma here and point out why I find the current treatment of Regina troubling. Anyone who wants to keep the positive vibes going, feel free to skip. 🙂
Was tipped on about the current discussion, and coming to read the last few posts has me like:
@Epona, I don’t normally come in this thread, but I heard there was some Regina/Lana Bashing going on, and I just had to see it for myself.Was going to give a very long comment, but decided not to. All I’ve got to say is that…Evil Regals have never, and will never turn on Regina or Lana Parrilla. SO….I don’t know what you and @Suraya read, but I can guarantee it wasn’t written by an Evil Regal. And if they say that they are an Evil Regal, but are dissing The Queen and Mama Regal behind their backs….do so tell them this:
Every Evil Regal on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs have cheered Regina on for taking a stand against Emma in the last episode, as we understand that she had a lot of anger and frustration that she needed to get off her chest, and we’d appreciate it if you cut her some slack. If I could…I’d list every tweet here from Evil Regals from sunday night, but it’d probably take up the whole page! So I’ll leave the link to this one reviewer who said everything any loyal Evil Regal would say!
And for any other Evil Regal/Regina/Lana Bashers….this woman/character rakes in half of the viewings according to several polls Spoiler TV and others have had. And anyone who continues to slander Regina or Lana Parrilla’s name simply because they hate the character, or just simply doesn’t like that the show is making an effort to make a hero out of a villain who thanks to outside parties(Rumple and Cora), never stood a chance at being good in the past….then (look below)
I try to give the benefit of the doubt when people want to jump and bash Regina, but not Lana….like, just no! You can’t bash an actress whose just playing her part. Lana Parrilla is making the best of what they’re writing for her character, and Regina is just trying to find her own happy ending. Now that my little rants over…carry on dears.
Okay, first of all, I wasn’t “bashing” Lana–I said that I was uncomfortable with what she said and that put me off this episode. I’m not, you know, sending her whiny or offensive messages on Twitter, or writing any hostile “open letters” like some people do on a regular basis to Jen or A&E. Also, I’m not sure what polls you’re talking about, but I know I haven’t heard of them and I’m sure they’re not exactly scientific. Regina has had minimal screen time in the first four episodes of the season and the ratings have been fine; this most recent episode was the lowest-rated so far and it was heavily promoted as the Regina episode. (Of course it really wasn’t a big enough difference to draw any conclusions, but I’m just saying.)
Now about Regina–first of all, I prefaced my post with with a warning not to read if you didn’t want to see negative things about Regina, and there are reasons why I posted here, and I apologize for the bluntness but honestly one of them is because you WR, as someone who hates CS, aren’t in here (another is because my main problem with Regina in this episode was her horrendous treatment of Emma, who is one half of this ship, and unlike with other shippers, most of us actually love Emma for herself rather than just seeing her as a prop for someone else’s happiness). As I’ve said before, I like actual substantive debates and I’ve tried a few times to have this discussion with you before, but you (and any other hardcore Regina fan I’ve spoken with) never actually have any concrete responses to what I’m saying.
This little post here is a great example of what usually happens: I post screenshots and actual quotes from the show; the Regina lover makes vague claims but has no substantive argument to counter what I’m saying. And I’m not sure why you’re pointing out how other “Evil Regals” feel about this episode…I know how they feel about Regina, and since apparently child abuse, rape, mass murder, torture, wrongful imprisonment, and tyranny aren’t a problem for them, I’m pretty sure literally nothing she does could change their/your minds. I honestly have no idea WHY anyone is so crazy about someone like that; to me what Regina has done over the course of the show is simply indefensible, and she sure as heck isn’t acting like she’s changed one bit and literally stated she regrets nothing. Although actually I would think the “Evil Regals” would want to see the Evil Queen come back. She’s an interesting villain, but as it stands now the ridiculous whitewashing and watching her victims apologize to HER just makes me sick.