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@The Fairest wrote:
My only grip with the episode is that the writers are placing all of Regina’s evil deeds on the shoulders of other people. First it was Snow, then it was Rumpel manipulating her, then it was Jefferson, then it was Dr. Frankenstein. It’s like the writers are trying to sweep all of Regina’s past evil deeds under the rug by blaming other characters, and it’s not realistic. It’s getting tiring and it’s not a good way to redeem someone. In order to redeem someone, you have to accept responsibility for your evil deeds and face them. Not simply chalk it all up to other people. A good amount of Regina past evil deeds have been officially placed on the shoulders of other characters.
You nailed it. I love Regina, I really do. But the way in which the writers are going about her redemption arc is leaving me a bit empty. I’m not buying that all her sins are the fault of others. I can kind of understand Rumpel being partly to blame since he needed her for the curse, but adding Jefferson and Dr. Whale to the list is too much. In fact, this is a problem I’m having with both of our villains’ redemption arcs. Regina’s sins are being swept under the rug by blaming others, and the writers are making Rumpel TOO evil. I love seeing him make small changes for Belle and Baelfire, but his flashbacks are too harsh. It’s like the writers feel that the only way to redeem Regina is by making Rumpel look worse.
So, now we have this dilemma of one villain having zero blame and the other with too much blame. I liked how they were last season. They were pretty equal in the evil department and they we’re the perfect mix of good and bad. But now, it looks like the writers are trying to make up for Regina’s sorry excuse for becoming evil by placing all the blame on Rumpel, Jefferson, Dr. Whale, Snow and Cora. It’s too much, and it’s lazy storytelling.
Ugh, sorry but that was really eating away at me. I enjoyed the episode as whole, but that was too much for me to accept.
This is exactly how I feel. I want Regina to be redeemed. I want her to get better. But not at the expense of lessening the other characters. I have a feeling the writers are going to end up blaming every character on the show for why Regina is evil. I like what the writers are doing with Rumpel/Gold more. They show how evil he was back in the Enchanted Forest, but then they contrast it with him trying to change for Belle in Storybrooke. The writers aren’t making excuses for Rumpel. His murders haven’t been justified or swept aside. He did the crimes, but now he’s trying to change. That’s more realistic in my eyes. I prefer this as opposed to simply having a character’s sins constantly justified.
[adrotate group="5"]@Gaultheria wrote:
@pinkfairy wrote:
I don’t see why they had to resolve the daniel/monster problem in this episode, or whales arm? they could have let both play out a little longer (tortured regina a little longer? ).
I think fixing Whale’s arm was a deliberate contrast to last week’s episode. Gold healed Whale almost for free. Is he feeling remorse for what he did to Hook?
Wow, that’s a very interesting observation. It would be lovely if Mr. Gold was trying to become less ruthless with his deals in effort to change for Belle.
