Regina

[MadEyedWookiee]

Good question. But so far, it seems that no one has been able to escape the price of magic. Regina paid with the life of her father and almost with the life of little Henry. The same goes for Rumpel with him losing Belle and Baelfire. But then again, Rumpel's search for Baelfire and his recent reunion with Belle could be seen as him reversing the price of magic. Hmm, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

What you say makes sense. With the curse broken, Rumples is now one step closer to finding his son, and now that he's reunited with Belle, it looks like the price he paid for magic has been reimbursed. If that's the case, then maybe Regina's hole in her chest (I'm can't help but picture her with an actual hole in her chest ) might be closing. That'd definitely be interesting to see!

[Pandora's Imp]

While I think it's possible for Regina to have redemption, I don't think the curse being broken clears the bill.

Rumple actually didn't lose Bae or Belle as a cost of magic he did. He lost Bae because of the Blue Fairy s magic and his own cowardice. He lost Belle because of his cowardice and choosing his power over her, but no magic was involved. (it wasn't like he enacted a spell and the cost was Belle or he enacted a spell and the cost was Bae.)

I actually think this is the reason he gave the curse to Regina, so she would pay the price and he wouldn't.

But... since True love is suppose to break any curse, Henry could be the key to saving Regina and filling her chest hole.

[MadEyedWookiee]

Well, maybe since his powers involved magic, we can consider that the loss of Bae and Belle was the price of magic... He lost both of them because he wasn't ready to lose that magic. Or is that too much of a stretch?

I'm having horrible mental images involving Regina and chest holes now...It won't stop!

[Olympiias]

The curse was Rumple's spell--Even though he used Regina to enact it. She is just as much of a victim of it as everyone else was. Could she then be redemed? i think so. If she was so dead inside, she wouldn't have cared when Henry at her apple treat. She wouldn't have cried when she told him she loved him.

[The Golden Apple]

I believe they both can be redeemed. I don't see why not. The only thing that continues to prevent me from having sympathy for Regina is the fact that she killed her own father in order to take revenge on a young girl. If she hadn't done that, I would feel much more sympathy for her. But that act was simply too much. I hope we get to see more scenes between Regina and her father. I'd like to know why she felt ok with sacrficing him. I think it speaks volumes that Rumpel...RUMPEL OF ALL PEOPLE was not willing to sacrifice Belle for the curse. He had the opportunity to do it, but he didn't take it. He could have easily killed Belle himself and cast the curse.

[PunkMaister]

I believe they both can be redeemed. I don't see why not. The only thing that continues to prevent me from having sympathy for Regina is the fact that she killed her own father in order to take revenge on a young girl. If she hadn't done that, I would feel much more sympathy for her. But that act was simply too much. I hope we get to see more scenes between Regina and her father. I'd like to know why she felt ok with sacrficing him. I think it speaks volumes that Rumpel...RUMPEL OF ALL PEOPLE was not willing to sacrifice Belle for the curse. He had the opportunity to do it, but he didn't take it. He could have easily killed Belle himself and cast the curse.

Rumpel is not driven by revenge but by his lust of power like JR in Dallas for example.

[*Everlasting Love*]

Power is definitely a major factor in what motivates Rumpel. But we also learned that his love and guilt over what happened to his son is too. His endgame is to find his son. Regina's endgame is to kill Snow. Two very different motivations.

[PunkMaister]

Power is definitely a major factor in what motivates Rumpel. But we also learned that his love and guilt over what happened to his son is too. His endgame is to find his son. Regina's endgame is to kill Snow. Two very different motivations.

Killing her? No! She would have done that already and a long, long time ago if that were the case, she wants Snow to suffer as she suffered for the loss of her boyfriend.

[Nix006]

Killing her? No! She would have done that already and a long, long time ago if that were the case, she wants Snow to suffer as she suffered for the loss of her boyfriend.

ja, no!

i agree with that if she wanted to kill snow she would have a long time ago, like with the apple for example, or snow instead of he father the King, when snow was a young girl. so thus i believe her intention is not to kill her but rather to see her suffer as much as she did with the death of Daniel.

As far as Regina goes now, i think that at first she's gonna go all out evil with magic back, but when an evil greater than herself, her mother Cora for example, comes she might join up with Emma and Snow and charming to defeat her and that's when her redemption may come.

and to the fact if she loves Henry or not. i believe she does, just look at the way she cried into the pillow with no one watching.

but that's just me

[Mike0908]

After watching the finale I think she does have feelings. She loves Henry but at the same time her family was so disfunctional. Her mother was a tyrant and her father was more like a servant. Maybe she just doesn't know how to show her love correctly especially since the last person she truly loved was killed by Cora. Plus with the hole in her heart left by the curse she can't truly be happy.

While she enjoys watching others suffer most of her plans have backfired. Emma and Henry are closer than ever. Cinderella is back with Thomas and raising her baby. Astrid and Grumpy have been come friends. Her only major victories in Storybrooke that stuck to me is Graham's death and indirectly August turning to wood. Even Belle escaped her grasp and is with Rumple. But knowing Regina she probably has a more secrets and plans up her sleeves. And now with magic back she'll be even more dangerous.