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Robin and Regina are solely more problematic in that they are not actually written onscreen. XD

I ignore "You know nothing, Tinker Bell" because what does she know about "ruining lives". The problem with the relationship was that we only see one side of it. Regina sees this as a second chance. Robin sees this beautiful, powerful woman....who has nothing in common than being a single parent. They suffer from lack of bonding over those things.

But I digress or else this won't answer the question. Robin and Regina are True Loves according to Adam and Eddy ('s lack of defining soulmate). The important thing to take from here or anywhere is that I believe that the main message about True Love is that "Love is sacrifice".

Thus Belle and Rumple could have TLK, but Rumple resists sacrificing power for love, thus it ending. Since then, he has never been able to perform True Love. I believe that he Truly Loved Baelfire (loved him more than his power) at the season 3 midseason finale and onwards until the end. He was willing to give up his life to destroy his father. It was Love that destroyed Peter Pan. He was willing to give up his sense of self to save Baelfire. It was an act of Love that merged Bae and Rumple, which forced the dagger from him. (more on that in another post one day).

I believe that R&R had true love at instances, but not fully developed like Snow and David.