@MysteryKat25 wrote:
Crazy thing I just noticed. There’s a huge parallel between what happened in QoH and The Miller’s Daughter.
Regina attempted to basically kill Snow & Emma at the well and then undid it at the last second to appease Henry. How weird is it that Snow essentially did the same thing to Cora in this episode but actually succeeded? (or failed at arriving in time to undo it, whichever you prefer)
What are the odds that Regina would do the right thing and Snow the wrong thing in a similar circumstance? And what does that mean for their future interactions?
I expressed basically the same idea in the favorite/least favorite moments thread. In retrospect, it’s amazing that corrupt Regina avoided doing Rumpel’s bidding but the pure hearted Snow did not. Whose actions in those two scenarios are befitting of the morals that Snow’s mother taught her?
I see a lot of parallels between Snow and Regina. They are mirrors of each other in a lot of ways, from the huge influence their mothers have had on them, to their rebellious attitudes, to the way Rumpel is so easily able to manipulate the both of them, to Snow’s very Regina-like manipulation of Regina herself last episode. It’s interesting how we associate Snow with white, while Regina’s color scheme usually has a lot of black. Regina is like a dark version of Snow White and is very much an example of what Snow could be like if she didn’t have all the things that Regina was deprived of in her life, like a loving mother and a good man (since Regina’s love was murdered). Also, consider how bratty young Snow was in that episode when we first see her mother. Imagine how Cora would have raised a girl like that and it’s not hard to see Snow being just like Regina, if not much worse.
Since I mentioned colors in that last paragraph, I like that Regina’s office has only black and white colors. Does that symbolize good and evil always at war within her…with evil usually winning out. Or is that spartan use of color just a way to show Regina’s very pragmatic, cold, and efficient approach to life. Maybe both?