[ SECRET POST #2731 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2731 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: Spoilery

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I'm not really any more fond of the show milking Regina's repeated angst to cause tragedy either, no. I don't think 'womanpain' is a phrase, though it probably ought to be. I think female characters aren't usually in that much of a driving position in the story, though, so the term hasn't caught on the same way. However, yes, if any character has womanpain, Regina is that character.

There is an argument that Regina's character development is happening at a much faster and more concerted pace than Rumple's, given that she's not actually making the same old mistakes the same way he is. Not saying that she's better as a person, just that the writers are being more consistent with her development instead of the rinse-and-repeat angst they're giving Rumple. With the perpetual caveat of so far, of course.

There's also an argument that Regina's womanpain doesn't quite drive the plot the same way Rumple's does, for the simple reason that most of her plot-driving, world-ending lashing out was done per his plans and therefore is sort of folded into his driving angst as much as her own. Literally every single bad thing that has happened on this show has happened either as a source of or a result of Rumpelstiltskin's pain. All of them. Every other villain. Even Zelena was wrapped up in Rumple and Cora's mistakes more than Regina's, despite the fact that theoretically she shouldn't even have been related to him and it was a golden opportunity to have a non-Rumple-related villain for once. Regina's angst causes a lot of problems, but Rumple's literally drives the show. I tend to think that gives him more manpain points, if such a thing can be considered a competition.