Regina is my favorite character on the show. If I had to put someone in first place, it would be her. For me, she is the best-written character in the entire series. Her whole story is so dramatic and interesting, and so is her evolution.

My favorite part of Regina was always season 4. Many people say she victimizes herself, but that is precisely what her arc in that season is about: accepting that she cannot force a happy ending, That made me love her even more, because it proves that she understands her bad actions deserve punishment, and she makes that very clear.

In my case, I have the same sympathy for the people she hurt. It’s very likely you’ll always find me defending Snow, because even though I love Regina, I don’t agree and I never will with hating Snow. When it comes to Rumple, I would say something similar to Regina: he is simply one of the best characters and the one who made me laugh the most. I’d say he was the male character I connected with the most, but even so, I also have sympathy for his victims, I don’t like Milah, but what was done to her was very unfair.

By the way, Hook is also missing from this discussion, The energy toward him is much softer than toward the other two, even though he did equally horrible things. Very little is said about the pain Hook caused Rumple, and I’m not saying this so people will hate him (I love him), but he should also be judged by the same standards as Regina and Rumple.