I so hope the writers have something up their sleeves because I HATE how they’re writing her. All her development “whoosh” down the drain.
That’s the point, I think. We are supposed to hate the direction the character is going. It takes a bit of courage to take chances with the characters, but they’ve shown that willingness in the past. I’m confident they have a killer payoff for our patience, though.
And (was it RumplesGirl who said it?) whoever said that Regina is the only one we want to see killing Cora has it on the mark! Though I would really love to see a three-way stand against her first of Emma, Mary Margaret and Regina. I know it’s been overplayed, but seeing the two sides facing off and at the “moment” Regina walking over to stand with the other two… I know it’s mighty soapy, but it would still be soooo cool.