Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5305952-20140802193015/@comment-24386552-20140802214731

There's also the saying, "Some people are meant to fall in love.... But not meant to be together."

Except that doesn't really help anyone out does it?

Daniel and Regina fell in love. Marian and Robin fell in love. Daniel was killed and Marian presumably died. But these things all take place at different times. Daniel and Regina were in love, long before she (met) but didn't meet Robin Hood. A couple years or so later, (Or months) Tinkerbell is around to help her find someone. Totally ignoring the fact that Regina is married to King Leopold. It also remains unknown if Leopold ever found out about Tinkerbell and Regina's soul searching. Regina may have been afraid and she had the absolute right to be because if things didn't work out, she would be heartbroken, and then punished by King Leopold, because I'm sure someone would have spotted her with Robin Hood and then report to the King. There were a ton of things that could have gone wrong here. To be honest, there was a 7% chance of it all working out, but Regina never met him. Yes, she would be unhappy, but on the otherhand... She could possibly be dead, or worse... Snow becomes evil.

How can that be?

Regina meets Robin Hood, falls in love, they get into war against Leopold. Leopold gets killed. Snow finds this out and resents her new stepmother and starts planning her vengeance, ignoring that her stepmom is in love and happy. Going to extreme lengths to destroy her... Hey, maybe if Regina met Robin Hood, Snow could have been the one that cast the firs curse. But it never happened. Plus there was a slim chance of it happening.

The thing that would most likely have happened is that Regina meets Robin Hood, falls in love, but they get caught, Regina and Robin are separated by the guards and Robin is executed, and Regina is heartbroken, very receptive to learning the dark arts of magic and then she has TWO men she feels the need to avenge. Meaning there would be no chance of her finding love again, until she adopted Henry.

Things work out with the right timing. That is the main point.