Strongly believe so.

They've equally done wrong but I find people judge Regina more harshly than Rumple. I love both characters and see the good in BOTH of them. They have a lot of similarities after all, we've learned that Rumple taught Regina about magic and how to use it.

They both have a major list of inexcusable evil doings but they both have that layer of good still in them waiting for someone to break through.

Yep. I love Regina, therefore she can do whatever she wants and that's fine with me. I don't like Rumpel, so he can go to hell. That's how the whole 'favorite character bias' thing is supposed to go, right? =P

What I'm saying is I've seen people say 'Omg Gina is so evil, she ripped Graham's heart out! It was unforgivable and cruel and inexcusable!" But later come back and say (when Rumple did the heart ripping) "Wow that was so cool/epic! Besides she did cheat on him, she deserved it." Graham sort of cheated on Gina, he broke her heart but it was unjustifiable when she ripped his heart out. So why is it justifiable when Rumple preformed the same action, in the same manner?

Another good one; Gina has killed people, everyone says it was bad/beyond bad/ect. And I can't disagree, but the same people go back and say it's okay for Rumple to explode faeries or turn men into cockroaches and squish them because it's comical. It's not at all acceptable for Gina to kill people but it was fine when Rumple went about, as the dark one, killing innocent people. Is it because Rumple's murder tactics are more comical where as Gina's are more sister. In my opinion both are just as bad.

To go along side that I've seen people say Gina should lose her magic because she uses it to torment people and what not. Once again can't disagree, that's bad, but Rumple seems to get away with it with the fandom. He turned a butcher into a pig, used it to harm Belle's dad, used it to bring fear to FTW citizens, and more, and no one seems to care. Now when Gina uses it to take Henry back or keep a mob from killing her it's bad. They both have reasons for doing things (Rumple for Bae and Gina to stay alive) both are some what good reasons but both are also still wrong. So why is it that Gina gets more chastising for her magic use than Rumple.

And finally, vengeance. Both made innocent people suffer out of vengeance, okay for Rumple, but not for Gina. Gold got to sick a writhe (sp?) on Gina (trying to take her soul) and destroy parts of the town in the process. He according to Ruby caused damage to houses, and according to Charming made his job keeping the town in order more difficult. And Rumple is applauded for doing so simply because it was Gina whom he was attacking. He got to rip Mielah's (sp?) heart out for cheating on him. He got to kill a man for accidently hurting Bae. He got to cut Hook's arm off and so on. But Gina is hated for cursing Storybrook and locking Belle away and much more. Once again both were wrong, vengeance is never good, so why is Rumple always let off the hook and Gina is always insulted for it.

And this isn't just on fanpop, I've seen this on Tumblr, YouTube, other Once discussion forums, and even Deviantart! So I was wondering if anyone else agrees or if I'm just seeing/over thinking things.

@blue-eyes, exactly, Gina is always kicked down for doing pretty much the same things Rumple earns praise for! And I totally agree, both are capable of good and evil. They are so similar.

@DarkSarcasm lol indeed, biases are biases. Pretty sure that's how a lot of people (sadly) view Gina.

i think that sometimes fans they do, personally i don't but i see your point.

Well it can be one of them or both, regina and rumple are still fans fav, they can get away with murder.

I have read many of fans response lately, people defending regina and rumple for their mistake like ripping someone heart and bashing henry because he doesn't want to eat regina's cupcake

I've seen a fair amount of that too.But from what I've seen there is a lot more fans don't mind when Rumple does that they get angry when Regina does.

I've seen this a lot...and not just between Rumple and Gina. For example, I've heard people say that they don't like Graham because he slept with Gina (which was totally not his fault!), but then it doesn't both them at all that Mary Margaret slept with Dr. Whale or that David slept with Kathryn (they never actually come out and say that he did, but he had to have...why else would Kathryn thought she was pregnant?). I've also heard people say they don't ship Graham/Emma because he's dead...but then the same people usually ship Daniel/Regina and/or Peter/Ruby. They guy being dead in those cases doesn't stop them. What's up with the double standards?

^ Exactly, it drives me nuts!

well I don't think graham really cheated on regina. he "betrayed" her, yes, but he didn't know there would be a consequence for that because of the whole memory spell thing. he just felt he was being honest with himself for the first time. so on that point I feel regina was wrong. and I guess I don't feel rumple was too wrong because milah did cheat, and lie, and so on, and so on. and he looked her in the eye to let her know it was personal.

I don't know maybe that does make me a hypocrite. but I honestly get upset when they both kill. but then rumple laughs that great laugh of his and all is forgotten. regina when I see things from her past I really truly feel for her and then sometimes I feel all is forgotten as well.

but concerning graham I felt he was innocent, and sexy, and gorgeous, and all that is lovely. milah I felt was guilty, and selfish, and a whole lot of pissing me off

Murder is still murder, though. It doesn't really matter whether or not the person deserved it.

I think Regina and Rumple are more alike than people want to realize. After all, Rumple is the one who tought Regina about magic and coaxed her into becoming evil.

@puloo Don't worry that's not to hypocritical or biased. That's just your opinion. :)

@afire agreed.


@camron indeed

yes but both regina and rumple kill. a lot. so naturally the good guys I feel sad for. and the bad guys I feel nothing for. milah isn't evil or anything extreme like that. but just the fact that I don't like her (and she gave me plenty reasons) is enough for me to not care how she dies (for the second or first time for that matter). that's terrible I know but... that's how I feel

I think all of this double standard because fans have a blind spot for their favorite character

And OUAT make it worse because they gave a heart crushing background on every character so their mistake can be forgiven, fans fight a lot because of this, especially regina and rumple fandom, their fans always fight which of them got the greatest sin, who got the most miserable past so they can decide who is more deserve for redemption, it will never end because if you like one of them your judgment always clouded with your feeling

@rere I agree. It's just those biases...

The writers like to troll is us in the most delightful way! I noticed that too which is a bit disherlartening because Gina and Rumple are both amazing. Yeah I try not to go over board with it.

They may have different plans and paths, but they are the same...
They both need magic, both of them are starting to learn how to love (Regina in ''We are both'', Rumpel in ''The Crocodile'') Rumpel is evil as much as Regina is...
But Good guys in OUAT also has done bad things and made wrong choices...

And like rere14 said: Fans have blind spot form their fav charachter...

I'm a big fan of evil characters. I love Rumpel/Gold! I love how the character is built, I love his story, I love the way Robert plays him. Perfect!
I dislike gina. there's nothing appealing to her. not for me. don't like the way the character is built.

@Princess No offence; This question is not about weather or not you like or dislike nor is it about how appealing thew character is. It's about weather or not you believe people have double standards about the similar actions of which both characters took.

@TV Totally agree bro.

I think some people decided to pick a side, and now refuse to back down, irregardless of how the character they chose develops.

I can see that happening too.

Whatever Rumple does can be forgiven while Regina's actions can't.....It's unfair but everyone has an opinion. We can't do nothing about that. As long as WE getting along and don't start a fight between us, every opinion can be accepted.

^ exactly

Sometimes. I've lost quite a bit of interest in both of them, so I don't really do that. But some fans do.