Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26785424-20151013025944/@comment-27138802-20151030153934

div> Well, to each their own. IT all depends on the character and the individual.

Robin seems better in this season )despite the damsel in distress thing) because he seem to be heroic and more human. I still don't know what Regina sees in Robin, but at least Robin is thinking about his son. Funny thing is, Regina is in the same situation again.

Man who is now a widower due to a family member killing the former wife looks to marry Regina who's shown interest in his child. The man is noble and a tad naive but he'll do what's best for his child.

Guess who I was talking about. Does that sound like Leopold or Robin? Trick Question! It's both! The only difference is pixie dust and Roland not spilling her secret.

I don't see how Robin is heroic since he is largely useless. He is just....there lol. I am glad that you brought up the Leopold/Hood parallel. That is why I feel OQ is so problematic for Regina.

Regina was forced to accept the marriage with Leopold which robs her of her agency. Tinkerbell and her pixie dust forced Regina to accept that this random guy with a lion tattoo is her soul mate. He had no qualifier about his personality or interests to match up with Regina other than a freaking tattoo lol. Regina and Hood admitted that didn't even like each other in the missing 1 year.

And Robin doing the best for his child, maybe not being with his wife's murderer should be a healthy start. Of course they will never bring up this fact in actual dialogue since the show wants to force this force pairing down a throats.

On face value there is nothing in Robin Hood's forklore that he would ever be with Regina. Regina, as much as I love her, is snobbish and never gave a damn about the poor. She was a tyrant in the Enchanted Forest and domineering as mayor in Storybrooke. This woman now wears Jimmy Choos and likes to live in luxury.

Robin Hood was not that big of a friend of nobility, stole from the rich to the poor. There is just nothing that should make anyone think "they make a great pair". But OUAT's Hood is stripped of everything related to the character any way. This is just the worst interpretation of Hood I have ever seen, film or TV. And that is saying something when Costner couldn't carry an English accent through the movie, lol.