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Robin and Marian and Roland went over the town line and out into our world. Will we see them again? And what do you think their life is like out there? Did Robin make the right choice?
I think Robin made the right choice. He had to save the life of his son’s mother. However, I felt bad for Marian, because Robin basically said within her earshot that he chose Regina. So that doesn’t sound like laying a good foundation to give it go again with Marian now that he basically had no other choice but to save her. As for Marian, I agree with her perspective that she wants someone to choose her. So it’s got to suck from her perspective too knowing Robin basically sees her as the old ball and chain (through no fault of her own). The entire situation just sucked and was set up so there could be no “winners” because Robin won’t easily be able to get Regina out of his head, Regina is heartbroken, and Marian is stuck with a husband in love with another woman.
So we can’t send Marian out into our world by herself but we can send her with Robin, the guy who has been living in our world for maybe a month at best, but living in a tent and hunting wild game?
Good point. It’s not as though Marian could even be independent of Robin in this new land. They can’t just file for a divorce or hire lawyers. Marian and Robin are from a pre-industrial society in which peasants such as themselves were probably illiterate without any real knowledge of modern technology. They have no identification or money. They are going to be forced to rely on one another out in the real world, especially since neither one is experienced in A Land Without Magic. Good thing Robin is an experienced thief, since how else are they going to survive the night, let alone get anywhere? (How did Rumple survive for 6 weeks and afford bus passage to NYC?)
As for Robin and Marian, they could still rekindle that earlier flame and fall back in love, or at the very least, forge a platonic love and remain steadfast friends for the sake of their son. I think the best situation would be Robin falling back in love with Marian the more he comes to remember that earlier love. It is possible to fall back in love with someone you loved before, especially now that they are the only two adults from their world, alone against the world, fending for their son. Yet, the way it was written was such that it seems that Robin is going to carry a flame for Regina.
"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy