maybe it's the fact that for the queen, at the time that she should have walked into the tavern, her happy ending was love? True love in the romantic sense? That's all she wanted for a long time after losing Daniel. But the Regina from Storybrooke found an unexpected happy ending with her son. And now that he's in her life, Henry is obviously the most important part of her happy ending. Idk?
I can see that, and I think that might have been what they were going for? But even then, I think what bothers me is that the EQ half still had Regina’s memories... So they both love Henry, and they’re both Henry’s mom(s?)
Don’t get me wrong, I loved her going into the tavern - I have more OQ feels about that than I know how to put into words, and I would have probably been sobbing if the moment hadn’t ended so soon.
I think I’m conflicted mainly because, even now, it still feels to me like everyone sees them as separate beings, which isn’t the resolution I had hoped to see. Maybe that was the point? (+ the way Snow talked about it, even after she accepted the decision, bothered me a little at first since she was a major part of the start of this arc).
Aaand you (and anyone else) probably didn’t care to see any of that when you replied to my post... sorry for getting carried away. For what it’s worth, I adored it in the moment, and I'm excited and relieved that both Reginas have come to a point of acceptance and, hopefully, happiness. And that we do finally have a “whole” Regina back. (I guess we technically have two, which I really can’t complain about)