Just wondering if it’s “get” in the sense of “recognize and understand” rather than “receive”.
Probably the former rather than the latter since we know that they CAN “receive” happy endings. Ingrid got hers via sacrifice but had to realize that she had it all along with her sisters, Ursula got hers recently.
Also, Regina got what she thought was her happy ending (i.e. a cursed kingdom full of amnesiacs in which she ruled supreme while watching Snow White suffer). So, technically Regina as the Evil Queen, a full on villain, already received her happy ending, too. Of course, Regina the woman struggling for redemption, still thinks she’s yet to receive her happiness in full. However, what Regina may fail to realize is that her happiness has been right in front of her eyes the entire time in the form of Henry, if only she’d accept his love as being enough. The unconditional love of a child is the greatest gift Regina could ever hope to receive as a mother, arguably even greater than a romance.
"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