I like what you have to say. Can I ramble a bit at you? I cut my online fandom teeth on Angel so redemption arcs are a particular thing for me.
Regina. I love her so much. I want her to realize she is going to have to redeem herself over and over again, and understand that not everyone will trust her change of heart.And that's okay. It's perfectly understandable, she might resent that, but she is going to have to accept it as a fact of her life. I want Regina to know bone-deep that she has changed and to be secure in her own sense of what is right and good. Re-learning how to be generous and kind isn't going to make up for destroying an entire world and wiping out the memories of the people who lived there. Henry's approval and love aren't her ticket to redemption. I don't know if there is one, but I want to watch her take the steps that may get her there.
I want the confident, self-assured woman Regina was in season one, with the difference being she has freed herself from her grief and anger. She needs to regain her confidence in her abilities if Storybrooke is going to survive Cora's arrival. (I'm so eager for that moment when they meet again. I don't know how it is going to shake down, but I'm sure it will be epic.)
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Date: 2012-12-11 01:05 am (UTC)I like what you have to say. Can I ramble a bit at you? I cut my online fandom teeth on Angel so redemption arcs are a particular thing for me.
Regina. I love her so much. I want her to realize she is going to have to redeem herself over and over again, and understand that not everyone will trust her change of heart.And that's okay. It's perfectly understandable, she might resent that, but she is going to have to accept it as a fact of her life. I want Regina to know bone-deep that she has changed and to be secure in her own sense of what is right and good. Re-learning how to be generous and kind isn't going to make up for destroying an entire world and wiping out the memories of the people who lived there. Henry's approval and love aren't her ticket to redemption. I don't know if there is one, but I want to watch her take the steps that may get her there.
I want the confident, self-assured woman Regina was in season one, with the difference being she has freed herself from her grief and anger. She needs to regain her confidence in her abilities if Storybrooke is going to survive Cora's arrival. (I'm so eager for that moment when they meet again. I don't know how it is going to shake down, but I'm sure it will be epic.)