@RumplesGirl wrote:
😯 Just had a thought! 💡 Maybe GOAT actually manages to steal Regina’s powers without killing her, so she is brought back into balance since she would then be powerless and “normal” again. I think magic is what fuels Regina’s madness, and without it, she might just regain some sanity
Agree. She was a completely normal girl until she got her first taste of magic and realized how much she loved it. She kept at thinking she could not become her mother, but then gave in to it because magic and revenge were so powerful. If they take away her magic AND Henry has been kidnapped this could be the start of her mellowing out. The question then becomes, will she eventually try to get her magic back. Can she really live without it?
Well, she certainly can live without it, since she did for 28 years in SB before Mr. Gold brought magic there. Hmmm, that makes me question whether she’d actually become saner. Even without magic, Mayor Mills managed to be pretty full-on crazy; she separated Owen Flynn from his dad, Kurt Flynn, she tried to send Ava and Nicolas to Boston, made David Nolan into a yutz, and murdered Graham. Yet, I think what you’re getting at is would she be content to live without magic? She may not have a choice though if she’s “zapped’ of her magical ability by GOAT.
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