Reply To: Tv Guide -Regina's love interest

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Of the two possibilities I would rather Tamara be RH’s daughter cause that’s been a thorn in my side since “Lacey.”  

I’m with you there, RG.  If I had to choose, I’d rather RH beTamara’s daddy than Regina’s lover.

Again, while I’m not opposed to RegalHood in principle, someone with a strong, internal moral compass like RH might struggle to forgive the atrocities Regina has committed. Also, the fact that Regina murdered her own citizens for harboring Snow White might mean RH was a wanted criminal for harboring Snow. After all, Snow did hint in “The Evil Queen” that she’d spent some time in another forest learning to hunt (sounds like she spent time with RH in Sherwood Forest). Moreover, Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor, and Regina is opulently rich and probably because she taxes her citizens so much (before she slaughters them). Yep, there’s a lot to overcome there.

As for Regina’s new love interest if not RH or Hook, then I’m betting on someone in NL. There are other pirates there, yes?

You could even be onto something there, RG, about another unnamed pirate being Regina’s love-interest. If not Hook, then possibly there is another dashing pirate lurking around NL who might relate more Regina’s struggles not to do evil than would RH. A lot of people have rejected Hook, given his own duplicitous nature, I’d actually love to see Regina be in love with someone who is like herself. It would be a chance for her to look at her own reflection in the mirror and actually see how doing wrong hurts others. Plus, pirates do love treasure, and surely Regina has some loot stored away (not meant to sound dirty, btw). By being in love with a “recovering pirate,” who also has likely committed atrocities, has wronged her or even been wronged by her, it might just make her feel, dare I say, sorry for what she’s done. Okay, okay, so I’m still stuck in my Hooked Queen OTP mode. But there could be another pirate (Captain Jack Sparrow hehe) to steal the heart of an evil queen.

Besides RH and Hook, anyone got any other possibilities. If the new love interest is going to be made known soon (within the first 5 episodes) then, unless it’s flashback, he has to be in NL. Other pirates? A merman?

A merman might also suffice nicely. We’ve all been assuming that a “certain mermaid” must be Ariel but it’s possible that Regina met a nice man with fins during that dealing. (The word mermaid might be generic for referring to both men and women, like the word human applies to both men and women). Or maybe, Regina has yet to meet this merman in NL, and it could be a certain take on the “Little Mermaid” story. Perhaps Regina will be tossed into the sea during a storm and he’ll save her life? That would certainly satisfy a “surprising” way for them to meet.