Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25701646-20151012205819/@comment-25926288-20151013012032

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Eskaver wrote: Just a rewatch, Leopold was aware that Regina didn't love him and knew that she wanted more. He felt betrayed, not in love, but because she's not honest. And Leopold doesn't say he would kill the man.. He says absolutely nothing at all. The Genie asks and Leopold says "That is my concern, not yours." He probably wouldn't be harsh at all.

I can't convince to you that he isn't "shady", but I tried XD. For me, he did nothing unreasonable.

The real problem I somewhat have is that did Regina love him? Then, why would she care what he did without her? She could have left, but didn't. She could have found love, but she didn't. This is more of Regina's fault than anything else. I mean, she went back and agreed to the marriage when Cora wasn't there. That's 85 percent on Regina and 55 percent on Leopold being slightly neglectful and marrying the daughter of a schemer. The only explanation I have as to why Regina never left is because of Cora's spell that Regina could only leave with Leopold as long as he was alive.

To be fair, we never saw her leave the castle during her training days except when magic intervened (Tink making Regina fly away with fairy dust, Rumple whooshing her to Maleficent's reign). So that's my only explanation for why she stayed. Well, Rumple made it clear that she could leave. I'm guessing leaving the spell was either broken by Rumple, by Cora's disappearance, or Regina took it down using the book. Regina clearly looked like she was leaving, but I guess she turned back.