Who will turn evil?

[Slurpeez]

Last season in Heart of Darkness, Rumple warned Snow would become as dark as Regina if she killed the queen. Now that Snow White tricked Regina into killing Cora, who will become dark again, Snow or Regina? Since Snow White is the one who whispered Cora’s name over Cora’s heart, one could argue that Snow White is ultimately responsible for Cora’s death. Yet, Regina is the one who unknowingly completed the transaction and so killed her own mother. So will we see the return of Regina as the Evil Queen or will Snow White become Dark Snow? She would continue on a darker path and Regina would want revenge but eventually realize she was only further alienating Henry.

[RumplesGirl]

I think it will be both; they killed Cora together. Regina was already half way there, and this pushed her off the edge. Snow just plunged head first into the dark world.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[swanning-off]

Snow’s manipulation of Regina is epic. Not just the decision to cast the candle’s spell over the heart, but a foolproof way to get the heart back into Cora, *quite literally* at arm’s length – by getting someone else to do it. That is brilliant Dark Snow and I LOVE that the writer’s took her there!

But Light Snow comes back to doubt Dark Snow’s actions…. that is also great writing – now she has to deal with the consequences of her decisions. She knows she did the wrong thing. Or did she do the right thing (killing Cora) for the right reasons (protecting her family) but in the wrong way (by manipulating Regina)? Or did she do the wrong thing (killing Cora) for the right reasons (protecting her family) and in the wrong way (manipulating Regina)?

[Slurpeez]

I think Snow White was justified in killing Cora, because she had no other way to protect her family. If Cora had killed Rumple and become the dark one, it would have sealed the death of Snow’s husband, daughter, and grandson’s father, as well as her own death, leaving Henry alone with Regina, who would’ve been complicit in mass murder. Prince Charming kept going on about letting justice take its course, but he had no plan other than waving around a sword to actually take Cora down. So I actually think Snow did the right thing for right reasons (self-defense and defense of her family), but using Regina was the wrong, but perhaps only, way to kill Cora. Snow White probably wouldn’t have been able to get close enough to put the heart back into Cora herself, but she knew Regina could.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

[HappyEndings]

@slurpeez108 wrote:

I think Snow White was justified in killing Cora, because she had no other way to protect her family. If Cora had killed Rumple and become the dark one, it would have sealed the death of Snow’s husband, daughter, and grandson’s father, as well as her own death, leaving Henry alone with Regina, who would’ve been complicit in mass murder. Prince Charming kept going on about letting justice take its course, but he had no plan other than waving around a sword to actually take Cora down. So I actually think Snow did the right thing for right reasons (self-defense and defense of her family), but using Regina was the wrong, but perhaps, only way to kill Cora.

I agree with you slurpeez it was hell if she did and hell if she didn’t and you are right David didn’t have a plan if anything he should have done this or gave the choice to Bae.

[RumplesGirl]

@slurpeez108 wrote:

I think Snow White was justified in killing Cora, because she had no other way to protect her family. If Cora had killed Rumple and become the dark one, it would have sealed the death of Snow’s husband, daughter, and grandson’s father, as well as her own death, leaving Henry alone with Regina, who would’ve been complicit in mass murder. Prince Charming kept going on about letting justice take its course, but he had no plan other than waving around a sword to actually take Cora down. So I actually think Snow did the right thing for right reasons (self-defense and defense of her family), but using Regina was the wrong, but perhaps only, way to kill Cora. Snow White probably wouldn’t have been able to get close enough to put the heart back into Cora herself, but she knew Regina could.

I agree but I keep going back to that line from Charming tonight: you’re heart is the purest I’ve ever known (paraphrasing). Snow needs herself to be blameless, it’s how she pictures herself. Knowing that she caused Regina to unknowingly kill Cora is going to plague her and I think take her to a very dark place.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Slurpeez]

@RumplesGirl wrote:

I agree but I keep going back to that line from Charming tonight: you’re heart is the purest I’ve ever known (paraphrasing). Snow needs herself to be blameless, it’s how she pictures herself. Knowing that she caused Regina to unknowingly kill Cora is going to plague her and I think take her to a very dark place.

Yeah, dark magic always comes with a price, and that price for Snow might just be taking a walk through the valley of the shadow of death. Yet, I still think Snow White will persevere in the end. She may not be without stain, but she is still justified if the life she took was done to save her entire family from being slaughtered. If anyone can find a way to be redeemed, it’ll be Snow.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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