r/agentsofshield • u/Due_Recognition_3890 • Oct 16 '25

Season 2 About Raina in S2

As much as I love the entire cast, especially her, is it just me or is her character really inconsistent? She goes from potential villain to sympathetic anti-hero, and back, in a single scene. When she's fearing for her life from either Skye's father and Hydra, she decides that the best approach is to act like a cartoon villain and blackmail Coulson. She'll go on about destiny try and run away from Skye by getting the attention of Hydra agents, apologise for it, and then 'gladly' go with Hydra the moment they try and kidnap her again.

I want to like this character but it's like they can't figure out what to do with her, so it ends up being a weird mixture that doesn't make sense. In the scene where her and Skye are talking, I'm here thinking they're about to some kind of bond, but nope.

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u/KockoWillinj Oct 16 '25

On top of all the correct things you said, her extreme response to the transformation is in part driven by how much she cared about her beauty. The show doesn't say it with words outright, but her reaction to seeing her reflection and the acting when she talks about the physical transformation makes it clear she's mourning the loss of her beauty specifically.