She’s evil…but I don’t think she’s a bitch after having your heart betrayed and then your people executed en masse, I think that could change someone on a fundamental level.
She turned back time because of that guilt, and knowing her wrongs. That’s why I think she’s one of the few villains I give a little grace. if she were the main character, our perception would be much more positive.
No, it doesn’t justify it, but I think the point here is just so Regina realizes she had a second chance at basically having another go at life while the girl who wanted revenge for being betrayed and for having her entire race eradicated didn’t. I think the forgivennes they’re asking for and Anita’s punishment are two separate things. I personally haven’t been able to hate her since I learned about the emperor at the end of the first season, but that’s a different matter.
That doesn't justify her trying kill innocent people. That's an evil person through and through. It's all the choices that she made . And the choices that she's making right now because of anl backstabbing ex show she's an evil bitch who deserves to pay for her sin for killing innocent lives.