Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24055959-20131015233446/@comment-5834856-20140409161615

Toma Cre wrote: I think Tinkerbell was just flat out wrong when she said that stuff about Robin's life being ruined. The pixie dust may indicate a potential true love match-up but the couple still has to work at it and its not the only possible match for either one. Tink is a fairy after all, she probably overestimates the importance of fairy magic and fate while overlooking factors like free will and self-determination (like how Blue insisted that Grumpy and Astrid can't be together because of who they are). If Charming had given up on Snow when she forgot about him then they would never have been together in the end. Conversely, even without pixie dust to show Robin the way, he found another True Love and made the most of it. Regina probably could have found someone else besides Daniel or Robin but she was too absorbed in her grief and hatred to want to find happiness again.

Maybe Tink was wrong. After all, Regina turned down her offer and Tink lost her wings. So Tink likely feels anger towards Regina, probably causing her using harsh words.

Maybe not. I can't judge that at the moment, because information is missing.

Regina didn't meet Robin back then and became the Evil Queen. Perhaps her life would have turned out differently if she had gone through this door.

At that time Regina thought she needed that anger and grief to determine who she is and what she wants. So yeah, basically it is her "fault" if you wanna call it so. The Dark Curse didn't make Regina happy.

Robin found his true love (I suppose) in Marian but he put her into harm's way and she died. Nevertheless he has his son he can care for.

Mulan is the only woman since Marian who we know of who joined his Merry Man. We don't have seen any flashbacks yet that focus on Robin Hood's past life considering the time span between him not meeting Regina and Marian giving birth to Roland. We don't know the events leading to her death and we don't know what happened to him before he joined the journey to the castle. So there are a lot of blanks that need to be filled. A lot of blanks in which a life can be ruined.

Charming; I think that's a thing about true love: You can't just give up fighting for it. If there's still someone who remebers.