Re: Can Snow come back from murder?

[kfchimera]

@Kpercyman wrote:

Snow is guilty of murder by association. We all know that it was her manipulation of Regina’s need to feel love which ultimately caused Cora’s death. This one act of manipulation is what caused the whole thing to go down. True she was evil and it gave me chills when she said it. I must say I even loved her playing with the dark arts so to speak.

My point is that Snow is not upset that Cora is dead but for using Regina to actually commit the act. So I guess she will only be able to move on when she accepts why she had to do that. Why it had to be Regina. Which I believe until Regina sees why her mom had to die, Snow will not be able to accept her part in the situation.

I agree that what upsets Snow the most is that she manipulated Regina, but I don’t think Snow is at peace with her decision to use the candle either.

I ‘m not sure what to make of the phrase “murder by association”. Are you suggesting Snow’s use of Regina somehow gives her less guilt for killing Cora than if she had done it herself? If you put a bomb in a suitcase, but have a courier who is unaware of the contents deliver it to your target, you would still be guilty of murder. As long as the courier had no reason to know about the bomb, then the courier is not guilty of murder or even as an accomplice. So if anything, had Snow delivered the heart herself she would have felt less guilt over it, because she would not have manipulated Regina to accomplish it.

Even if the only way to stop Cora was the candle, Charming was right, Snow should not have done it. There was too much history there, and Snow’s motives were mixed in her mind. She did want to defend her family, but she was also upset about her mother and Johanna.

I agree that Snow feels that she needs to resolve things with Regina, but I don’t think she has to convince Regina that Cora had to die or that Regina had to be the one to deliver the heart unknowingly. Snow has to convince herself that Cora’s death was not about vengeance but about protecting everyone.