I know I’ve likened CS to Spuffy before but I’ve changed my mind. CS is like Bangel (or whatever that ship is called). You’ve got a slightly creepy relationship anyway but when Angel loses his soul, he was just plain nasty to Buffy much like Hook was to Emma in 5A. Spuffy had it’s enormous problems but at least it was between two consenting adults. Angel/Buffy was between a 200 year old vampire and a 16 year old girl (when they consummated the relationship) yet Angel was actually sort of dating Buffy when she was 15 because they had sex on her 16th birthday. He first saw her when she was 14 because that’s the age she was chosen as “the slayer” and in the season 2 finale Buffy says her mother has been washing blood out of her clothes for two years.
In regards to Regina, realistically there is no way she should be having another romantic interest before the end of the series unless they do a massive time jump because it would be OOC for her to move on that quickly after Robin.
Since Bobby supposedly said that season 6 will be his last (Never a good sign for a show when actors start leaving especially when it’s a lead actor. Shows can survive when good writing is involved but OUAT currently lacks that at the moment), and ABC might want to continue the show beyond season 6 if they have no replacement, then A&E may draft in new characters to replace the departing ones. However, the new characters would need to be integrated during season 6 because otherwise the sudden shift in focus to new characters is going to kill Once dead in the water.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix