You know what I already know I'm going to hate about season 6? I hate that Regina, yet again, is going to be getting a cop-out for her actions this season. I hate how they are suddenly making it seem like she was just a victim of possession, that none of her actions were her fault because "it was the Evil Queen controlling her this whole time !!!", that she gets to walk away without having to atone for what she's done because she is no longer tied to that persona. I hate that the deaths of Graham, of Marian, of the man she killed on his wedding day, of Henry Sr, of the Enchanted Forest civilians, and the suffering of countless more are going to go unpunished. I hate that her abuse of Henry, her reign of Storybrooke, her years of torture on Snow are going to fly by without a thought. All because Regina is now "separate" from the Evil Queen. This isn't the Dark One curse; nothing possessed her, nothing forced Regina to do anything she's done except herself. No-one whispered in her ear to cast the dark curse, no-one told her to hunt Snow with a vengeance, no-one told her to murder and vandalize and rape without even blinking, but she's more willing to blame the nearest trashcan than herself. Or her nearest victim. Or the people trying to help her. Regina has always been the Evil Queen. She and the Evil Queen were supposed to be synonymous. She could have grown and developed to leave that title behind but those actions could stay with her and she could atone for them and yet now? Now, that title and those actions are separate from her. They were now forced on her, an "unwilling participant". Which should have never been the narrative. I hate that Regina is going to be handed another excuse to back out of her actions, to remove herself from what she's done. I hate that the people she has hurt are going to get no resolution, and are going to be lost in the background; and that's already been happening, but now it gives Regina even more distance between them and her. I hate that we will have to watch Regina struggle yet again with herself. I hate that this season is going to be yet another pity fest where she will wonder why she has been dealt such a bad in life. I hate that she gets another "get out of jail free card". I hate that Regina Mills is no longer the Evil Queen. Because that means she feels she can no longer be attributed to her actions.
