Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5834856-20140515094912/@comment-897816-20140515112701

My personal headcanon is that the Evil Queen made the day she killed Snow White a national holiday, and was too busy enjoying her 'victory' that she either didn't know, or didn't care, about Prisoners escaping.

Also, people have a habit of romanticizing the past, especially when talking about a loved one. Robin might just be blaming himself for not looking after her better, rather than having actual culpability. Hell, even by being in a relationship with her he's "inadvertently [putting] her in harm's way during the job." Marian even states that her unwillingness to reveal her name is the only thing keeping her family alive.