Maleficent: Mother to Mother, Have Mercy ( Once Upon A Time S4 E17)

OUAT S4E17: Best Laid Plans I don t know about you guys, but this episode has given me buckets and buckets of overflowing feels. There s just so much empathy to be shared with Maleficent and the quick judgmental attitude of Snow totally polarized the notion of what makes a villain and what makes a hero, and to what extend is it too much for a hero to stigmatize a villain. Maleficent even ASKED for mercy, since she is indeed in a vulnerable state. Moving back two episodes back (Enter the Dragon), during th