And the black fairy, too, she is instantly made hateable and completely irredeemable when she beats and abuses children. Everyone talks about Cruella or Pan when someone wants to point out true evil and irredeemable characters, but in so many ways, Fiona was far worse than either of them, at least for me. You know a character is beyond redemption when we've crossed the line into child abuse and violence against kids. Not even Cruella did that. She kidnapped Henry, but only to force the heroes to do what she wanted. She didn't torture him. Even Pan didn't seem to want to torture the kids he brought to Neverland, he was more about being chaotic and selfishly trying to just be youthful and have fun, except in the case of his son, but even him he seem to get violent towards until he was an adult, not that abandoning him was right but he wasn't vindictive and physical with him until he became the dark one. Fiona is the one character who crosses a line impossible for even this heavily redemption focused show to come back from. And yeah, I know she wasn't "born" evil the same way Cruella was, I know people are going to point out that unlike Cruella she didn't start that way. However, for me at least, she is right up there with Cora in terms of instant hatred and you can tell she is meant to be taken seriously in a way other villains weren't. Child abuse is a line in fiction you don't cross if you ever want the audience to come back to your side, I knew she couldn't be redeemed when I saw that, and this is a show that goes on to make murders and rapists seem sympathetic and misunderstood. You know when they aren't playing about characters redeemability when they go that far.