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July 1, 2014 at 8:36 pm #275927obisgirlParticipant
I got a question about Regina. It’s about her heart. Last time we got a really good look at it (Quite the Common Fairy, 3×03), it was dark but once she started talking about her love for Henry, it started to get brighter. And now that Regina has light magic, what do you think her heart looks like now? It can’t still be fully dark. She has a true love in Henry and another potential true love in Robin.
It cannot be fully dark, no. But I don’t think it can ever go back to being “pure.” That feels like erasing your sins, instead of learning to live with what you’ve done. The same goes for Rumple and even Snow’s little spot (and yes, I know there was some question about that after 319).
I don’t think her heart can go back either to be fully ‘pure’ but it would be nice to see what it looks like next season. Like maybe Regina has a meltdown again and removes her heart, sees what it looks like now (could be bright with some dark spots or whatever). And she did say in the finale it felt stronger than ever. Stronger, which I took to mean, that it’s a healthier color (red) as opposed to fully back.
[adrotate group="5"]July 1, 2014 at 9:20 pm #275931WickedRegalParticipantI got a question about Regina. It’s about her heart. Last time we got a really good look at it (Quite the Common Fairy, 3×03), it was dark but once she started talking about her love for Henry, it started to get brighter. And now that Regina has light magic, what do you think her heart looks like now? It can’t still be fully dark. She has a true love in Henry and another potential true love in Robin.
It cannot be fully dark, no. But I don’t think it can ever go back to being “pure.” That feels like erasing your sins, instead of learning to live with what you’ve done. The same goes for Rumple and even Snow’s little spot (and yes, I know there was some question about that after 319).
I don’t think her heart can go back either to be fully ‘pure’ but it would be nice to see what it looks like next season. Like maybe Regina has a meltdown again and removes her heart, sees what it looks like now (could be bright with some dark spots or whatever). And she did say in the finale it felt stronger than ever. Stronger, which I took to mean, that it’s a healthier color (red) as opposed to fully back.
I think the fact Snow White’s heart shown to be once again pure solves that issue…I think Regina’s heart can go back fully pure. If Snow can have dark spots that disappear, then so can Regina. 🙂 It’s a matter of whether or not Adam and Eddy wants it or not.
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
July 2, 2014 at 7:43 am #275938Bo-PeepsParticipantRegina’s heart was originally driven by deep love. Her descent into evil was particularly tragic due to the really evil mechanizations of Cora and Rumple, but she so willingly and thoroughly embraced the darkness, her redemption will, I think, be much more complicated. She goes all in no matter the emotion.
She is supremely good at being Evil. In a weirdly converse way, other characters have been able to count on that consistency. They build their “goodness” by comparison to her “badness” so her journey to the “light side” will be extra tough.
If one see’s her dark power/magic as her strength then Love seems to be her fatal flaw! Though it hasn’t proven fatal just yet, the writers have given themselves a unique and very risky plot line with Marian to test Regina’s will to regain her original love driven soul. (Which is how I see the entire arc of Regina’s character for the duration of the show…not a traditional family/fairy tale style happy ending necessarily, but regaining her original soul)
***Always in search of a good flock***
July 2, 2014 at 7:48 am #275939obisgirlParticipantWell put.
August 4, 2014 at 2:33 am #279535WickedRegalParticipantNot Really A Fan Vid, But Just Felt It Really Suited Regina’s Life
Even though something maybe Second Hand & Broken…
It Can Still Make A Pretty Sound, & It Still Has Something BEAUTIFUL To Give!
Her Son…
Her Daughter…
And Her Soulmate…
"If you go as far as you can see...you will then see enough to go even further." - Finn Balor
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