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Might have to read some Daniel fanfics tonight to find out what he’s like! 😆
It doesn’t even feel fair to compare the Rumple/Belle relationship to Regina/Daniel. ‘Skin Deep’ spent the FTL time focused on establishing their love and understanding of each other. The majority of ‘Stable Boy’ gave airtime to the relationship between Regina/Snow and Regina/Cora. Makes me wonder if massive cuts were made of Daniel along the way…
I guess the fairest comparison would be Daniel and Peter. Both serve the purpose of plot devices (Daniel=Foil to Cora Peter=Wolf red herring), love interests set-up to die, and probably the same amount of screen time. However, we learned about the past of Red and Peter’s relationship: that they were friends growing up, recently developed into a romantic couple, and wanted to go off and travel/explore with each other. Was it the greatest romance ONCE had to offer? Was Peter Red’s true love? No and No. But, for his limited time, I understood the attraction at least.
Daniel is beating Peter in the fanfic range, so maybe Daniel does have more of a personality to work with. Or Regina has a lot more fans than Red.