Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170103001825/@comment-25375217-20170103025828

So you're saying his life would have been better if Regina had approached him at the tavern in the first place instead of waiting 30 years?

I could see that. Most of his hardships caused by the Mills were related to Marian and Roland, so if he had fallen in love with Regina (as shown on Page 23), he would have never married Marian and Roland wouldn't have existed. He likely would have had a baby with Regina (who wouldn't be barren, since she only did that after Cora tried to set her up with Robin). Because he never fell in love with Marian, Zelena wouldn't have that to hold over him - in fact, Zelena likely wouldn't hate Regina at all, since Regina would also have dropped out of her magic lessons and run away from being royalty.