@Red192 wrote:
I think that they were childhood friends, and that Cora was always jealous that Eva was a princess, while she was a Miller’s daughter.
I share the same thought as you. I think that Cora as the Miller’s daughter was working at the palace where Princess Eva (Now Queen Eva) lived. And somehow they became friends because of their age. Why I think this was because of the intense why Cora talked on yesterday’s episode and she also did kissed her fingers and placed them over Eva’s lips… like good friends do when they are kids..
If I don’t remember wrong, Rumple has said to Regina before she pushed Cora through the mirror before the wedding, that Regina wasn’t like her family/mother… that she was different… so I think that Cora was always jealous and envy of everything that Princess Eva had… money, royalty, true love/love, kingdom. I think Cora was born with “dark” soul, unlike Regina who grew up with a good soul.
I think it was possible that Cora was being betrayed by her love interest, and that was the reason why she kept saying “love is a weakness”… and that this made her become the evil one that wanted to gain powers to do what she wants…. and since she was interested in using Dark Magic which maybe lead to fights between her and Eva and they stopped being friends. Cora wanted the kingdom and the life like Eva so she summed Rumple and wanted him to learn her using magic… and maybe the two of them did have a romance before Rumple dumped her over magic and Cora now wants to take control over him too…. Ahhh.. Cora is a piece of work:) But I love the actress that plays Cora, she really does an amazing job!!! 😀