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I wonder if the reason she uses a speaking tube/horn/thing to talk is because she’s wrecked her voice from yelling all the time. In the original story and in the Disney version she was always shouting for people’s heads to be cut off. Any singing instructor will tell you that that sort of abuse can ruin your vocal cords.

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Oh, how interesting! I wonder if Rumplestiltskin was giving his dagger to Baelfire, or simply showing it to him. Hmmm…

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Thanks everyone for your kind words of greeting. 🙂 I can’t wait to be involved in some of the discussions here and share some theories!

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@malchore wrote:

@EnchantedOne wrote:

Oh snap…my least favorite thing is that the EQ seemed to turn so quickly on Snow.

Yes! That really threw me for a loop. Her own mother killed her lover right in front of her eyes, yet she turned so quickly on SW? That seemed very forced, and not at all believable.

THIS is the big reveal? The entire premise of the show is based around this hatred, and that’s how it started? disappointing.

I agree that her hatred seemed a bit rushed, but I have a psuedo-psycho-analytical theory. Almost the whole episode we see that Regina lived in fear of her mother and her magic. It wasn’t until her mother forced her hand that she decided to run away with Daniel. Earlier you see her snap at Daniel when her mother tells her she should ride with a saddle. She displaced her anger onto him, most likely because she can’t be openly angry at her mother without Cora “disciplining” her. I wouldn’t be surprised if she often displaces her feelings for her mother on others.

Regina seemed numb when she was getting her wedding dress tailored. She didn’t come to life until Snow started talking about David and her mother. Obviously, Regina still has strong feelings of rage and hatred and helplessness from seeing Daniel get his heart ripped out. By discovering that Snow was the start to this tragedy (though we later find out that Cora masterminded EVERYTHING), Regina had an acceptable target to focus all her negative feelings on. Snow played a part Daniel’s death and is weaker than Regina. The perfect target is one who can’t fight back.

Regina doesn’t dare move against her mother (yet) because she’s not powerful enough to take her on. She feels helpless against her and has her whole life. It’s probably been pounded into her head that you don’t fight Cora outright because the consequences are dire. And, despite all this cruelty, Cora is still her mother while Snow is a little girl she hardly knows. Snow was just an easy target for Regina’s displaced anger at her mother and Regina, no doubt, kept finding things, real or imagined, to fuel the fire against her.

I definitely believe that Regina found a way to get revenge on her mother, but Snow was still the main focus and thus receives the brunt of her vengeance. It’s a rather flimsy and pathetic a reason to hate a child who was tricked by Cora, who is most likely a master of manipulation and actually did the killing, but angry people don’t always make sense. They’ll strike at anyone nearby, not just the person who made them angry.

I don’t know why her revenge against Snow has taken so long, but Snow was a beloved princess and seems to have incredible luck in finding people who are willing to help her, so…*shrugs*

I hope this post made sense and that I didn’t repeat myself too much. I have a hard time keeping my train of thought with longer posts. But this is how I made sense of Regina’s sudden flip.

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