Wait a second…Zelena is still a little dead set on destroying Regina, and may have been planning to raise her child so that it could destroy Regina’s family….finish mommy’s dirty work. Zelena is still a little mentally unstable to raise a child on her own, so Regina as the aunt does have a right to be concern for her niece/step-daughter…not to mention Regina wasn’t mentally unstable plus slightly psychotic when she raised Henry, which she did a splendid job with….she had a sound mind and body.
I guess my main issue with Regina wanting to take Zelena’s baby is that Regina has no claim to the baby, it’s not her child therefore she should not just be able to walk in and take it.
The issue we all seem to be having is Adam and Eddy are telling us that Regina isn’t literally taking Zelena’s baby, without showing it within the show leading to the confusion everyone seems to be having about the situation. Lana Parrilla has clarified, Regina isn’t taking Zelena’s baby for herself because at the end of the day the same thing was almost done to her by Emma, but she’s also concerned for her niece’s safety with her unstable mother and wishes to allow Zelena to see the child but only through strict visitation rights. Hence what had been done to her by Emma concerning Henry.
Regina has a history of feeling entitled to other people’s children, including Henry during the period when she had, for all intents and purposes, lost custody of him to the Charmings and/or Emma because she was still, yanno, trying to kill people. (This does not disregard the fact that her adoption of Henry was legit or that she IS rightfully his mother…but she is no longer his ONLY mother and she was willing to destroy Storybrooke to achieve that status at one point. She told him so to his face before wiping his memory.) That’s part of what made me wary of her growing relationship with Roland, and while Zelena’s actions with regards to the pregnancy are far more abhorrent, Robin is really the only one who should have any say in the custody of that child. Regina does not get custody just because she likes its father and happens to be its aunt.
Robin Hood has too much of a good heart and won’t think clearly concerning Zelena and the child because at the end of the day, that’s still the mother of his child, HOWEVER, Regina who although knows her sister is very aware of her past, does NOT want to take the child from Zelena but also ensure that her niece won’t be corrupted by it’s mother.
It’s really at the core, Regina, Emma, Henry all over again concerning Zelena, Regina, Baby Mills….Regina is doing to Zelena what Emma did to her. So if Regina is supposedly in the wrong in this situation…that means Emma was also just as in the wrong by taking Henry from Regina.
Being placed into a position to change herself for the better in order to get her son back changed Regina for the better…whose to say the same won’t have the effect on Zelena with her daughter?
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