And, further, the Charmings might ok with some of the things Hook, Rumple and Regina do because they want Henry back. I think a lot of S3 is going to be watching some of the heroes tread that fine line between good and evil.
Yes! That could be one of our big themes for S3, exploring that fine line between doing actual evil, and bending the rules just enough so the end justifies the means.
Tamara totally deserves an unhappy ending, but I don’t think I can cheer if it happens in a way that sort of condones our villains using their powers out of anger and frustration. I want to see them continue to redeem themselves–if they must slip, then they do, but it should definitely be acknowledged as a slip and they should pay for it in some way. So maybe Greg would have flipped and helped them, but they kill Tamara, and so he destroys something that would have given them an advantage. Something like that–I want the bad acts to continue to bite the people who do them. It can be fun to cheer our main characters achieving victory and payback, but for me, I want to see their characters growing in some way.
Oh I wouldn’t expect a heart ripping to be Tamara’s death, I’m just imagining that Regina rips out her heart so she has control over her and can force her to cough up info and help them. I do hope that Regina doesn’t keep killing people whenever she has a tantrum, because she needs to learn that that’s not the way to deal with her problems. But if she’s just taking Tamara’s heart for a little while to control her, that’s a smackdown on par with the bodyslam Emma put on her. And I totally cheered for the bodyslam.