Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25355646-20150103235209/@comment-25926288-20150123030438

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Eskaver wrote: Well, there is no proof Leopold did anything with Regina. I believe that they did nothing with each other, probably not even talking. The Enchanted Forest is clearly based on Rennaisance Europe (1200-1500) and in those days, and even the centuries before and after, the wedding night of a royal couple would have multiple people waiting outside the bedroom to ensure the bride's purity and to change the bedding after the first time the couple lays together. So not only did Regina lose her virginity to Leopold, she had to in front of a crowd of nobles, which would have been heartbreakingly humiliating for her.

And even if A&E didn't think about it at that level, the simple fact is that this is a man who was married to a young, beautiful woman who "belonged" to him. If you think that in multiple years of marriage, he never once touched what he (incorrectly) thought was rightfully his, then... Well, I don't even know how to respond to that. I know that, but I don't think A&E think Regina and Leopold ever done anything. We actually skip over the entire wedding period. I think it's more of a storytelling thing. Leopold wanted a wife to raise Snow and married Regina for that purpose. Regina misled him in any case. I'm not saying it was wrong, but Regina didn't have to go back. Leopold isn't painted at all like a vengeful, possessive tyrant. He probably would have understood after much conversation about Cora controlling her and what not. He wants everyone in his realm to be happy, and Regina was simply one who hid her unhappiness from him and he was pretty much blind to. So Leopold likely didn't do anything with Regina, since customs do vary (I mean even in Game of Thrones, Sansa got away from the bedding ceremony due to her husband's kindness). Even if it occurred, Regina chose to return and she knew what would have happened if she went through with it.