Couples That Have True Love

[antbee]

As I mentioned in another post, someone at IMDb posted this video of Lana Parrilla confirming that Daniel was Regina’s true love, and that the people from Fairy Tale Land only get one true, romantic love each. http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/06/once-upon-time-2012-bell-media-upfronts.html

I figured that the show was set up that way that everyone only gets one true, romantic love, but I wasn’t entirely sure until today. So with that information just based on the episodes so far I’ve divided it up into categories into who definitely has/had it, people who probably have/had it, and those that are question marks right now.

Definitely have it as confirmed by the show or by interviews outside the show:

Snow and Charming – Both alive, still together.
Rumple and Belle – Both alive, together but have a lot of issues to work out.
Regina and Daniel – Only one alive, and obviously besides Rumple becoming the Dark One and him letting go of his son, Regina losing her one true love was another big moment in the show that would impact everyone later.

Maybe they have it.

Grumpy and Nova – Both alive. Could still get together by the time the show ends.
Abigail and Fredrick – I think they have it; although, we probably won’t see them that much anymore since they probably don’t want to focus too much on the outside partners that Snow and Charming had during the Curse. I do hope we get to see them together in Storybrooke finally.
Cinderella and Prince Thomas – Have it, but I’m not sure how much they’ll factor into the show anymore because now that they don’t have to worry about Rumple anymore, their story seems to have ended pretty happily.
Red and Peter – May have had it; although maybe Billy really is her one true love.
Hansel’s and Gretel’s Father and Mother – I think they had it.
King Leopold and Snow’s Mother – I think they definitely had it.
Ruth and Charming’s Dad – I think that they definitely had it too.
Marco’s Parents – Probably had it, but I’m not sure it’s going to come up again.

Question Marks
Emma and Henry’s Father – I have a feeling that they have it because I don’t think this kind of show can resist not giving the lead heroine a true love especially one that she already shares a child with. I think this is why Emma’s kiss worked on Graham to restore his memories, but nothing happened to Emma because she was his true love but not vice versa. Although I guess it’s possible that Emma and August could be each other’s true loves, but I don’t think so.
Dr. Whale and ? – I think he definitely has one which is why he keeps trying to find her in any single, young woman.

[hjbau]

I don’t know if i believe she is right. It is possible, but i think that for Regina, she was just so ruined by what happened with Daniel that it damaged her and made it difficult for her to ever love again. Though honestly i don’t believe that she is completely without hope. I mean if Rumpel can love someone again then Regina can, in my opinion.

[Josephine]

@AntBee wrote:

Emma and Henry’s Father – I have a feeling that they have it because I don’t think this kind of show can resist not giving the lead heroine a true love especially one that she already shares a child with. I think this is why Emma’s kiss worked on Graham to restore his memories, but nothing happened to Emma because she was his true love but not vice versa. Although I guess it’s possible that Emma and August could be each other’s true loves, but I don’t think so.

Oh, I definately think this is going to be true. I think this season we’re going to have Emma involved with someone and we’re lulled into thinking “Okay, this is her true love” because that’s the underlying theme of the series and then BAM! Henry’s father shows up and wreaks havoc on her, her situation with Henry, her relationship, and her whole life.

I will disagree that I don’t think Emma was Graham’s anything. It’s been hinted that she has magic in her so I think that just released something in Graham. I’m totally unconvinced of love of any form besides friendship between Emma and Graham. If given time, it might have developed into something, but as it stood I don’t think they had it.

Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.

[midnight dreary]

I also don’t think what happened between Emma and Graham was love. Were they attracted to each other? Of course. But physical attraction doesn’t qualify as love. But I do agree that had Graham survived, they might have developed something very strong.

But the kiss between them still confuses me. True love’s kiss is what breaks curses. True love. I can’t help but think that the writers wrote that scene before Skin Deep was completed. It seems as though the writers didn’t have their mythology in regards true love in order until that episode was written.

[PriceofMagic]

@hjbau wrote:

I don’t know if i believe she is right. It is possible, but i think that for Regina, she was just so ruined by what happened with Daniel that it damaged her and made it difficult for her to ever love again. Though honestly i don’t believe that she is completely without hope. I mean if Rumpel can love someone again then Regina can, in my opinion.

I don’t think Regina will ever love again. Her relationship with Daniel was at its height when he was killed and I think that would be terribly difficult to overcome. It wasn’t like they were in love and the relationship was starting to go south. Daniel had just as Regina to marry him, they couldn’t be more in love, they had their whole future ahead of them then it was snatched away by Cora and to an extent Snow White.

Regina can’t move on from Daniel. If she did, she would feel guilty that she was betraying Daniel by having feelings for someone else. At the same time, nobody would ever live up to Daniel.

I can sort of understand why Regina hates Snow so much. Yes Snow was a child and wasn’t aware of the consequences of her actions but she was the cause of Regina’s misery. It was because Snow told Cora, that Daniel got killed. If Snow hadn’t then Daniel would probably be alive. From Regina’s point of view, she couldn’t openly grieve for Daniel’s death. To then have Snow, the very person who practically set Daniel’s death in motion, talk about how happy she was that Regina, her father and herself were going to be a family, Can you blame Regina for resenting Snow? That resentment would have bubbled and festered away in Regina for years until it eventually spilled over.

It wasn’t Snow’s fault that Regina lied to her and told her Daniel had just left, but it was her ignorance about the consequences of her actions in telling Cora that set Regina on the path of revenge.

All magic comes with a price!

Keeper of Felix

[elle]

From the interview, I have to agree that that seems to be the case in the show, along with the dialogue and themes. True Love (the romantic one) does seem to be with one person only, and the reactions that the characters have when they lose their love shows that.

I don’t think Regina is without love entirely–she does love Henry, even if it is one-sided. And she did love her father, even as she killed him, her guilt was apparent, and naming a child after him shows that she carried it with her. Also, she was willing to take in Hansel and Gretal with her, and that shows that she wants love–she just (at that point) is too powerful and dangerous. And I think that she, in the beginning of her marriage, tried to love King Leopold and make him happy–it just wasn’t possible for her, seeing as how she wasn’t his True Love, and that just drove her further into despair. For Regina, I think her sense of love and happiness is so warped, that many times her actions just make her situation worse. She wants revenge on Snow White, yet she keeps failing. She wants a child, but said child hates her guts. She wants everyone else to be miserable, yet they soon remember what she did to them, and will probably be out for her blood.

With Snow White and Prince Charming, they have been through much together, having to fight battles and find each other, and no matter how dangerous it gets, they always reunite. Their love for each other knows no bounds.

Cinderella and Prince Thomas are in love–several times Prince Thomas tells her that it is real love in the episode, no matter the fact that it was Rumpelstiltskin’s magic that did help them to meet. The same can be said for Princess Abigail and Frederick–the former would not marry anyone, as she could not love them as she loved Frederick.

With Grumpy and Nova, it seems the case. Apparently, a Dwarf does not fall in love, and Bossy looked a bit shocked when the idea of Grumpy (then Dreamy) being in love was even possible. And Dreamy didn’t seem to be able to forget when he was first born. Nova even said that their love made them special–more special than any Dwarf or Fairy. And the writers did mention that they would explore more of the relationship in season 2, so it will be interesting to find out more.

And as for Belle and Rumpelstiltskin, it is pretty obvious that they do love each other. Belle’s kiss was working, Rumpelstiltskin kept her cup after all these years, and he looked elated to see her alive when he first saw her. The question is if they are going to stay together in season 2, or if something tragic will happen that will seperate them.

[rayvah]

@AntBee wrote:

Marco’s Parents – Probably had it, but I’m not sure it’s going to come up again.

I wonder if someone pressed the puppets together and made them kiss if they would turn back!

[obisgirl]

I was thinking about this today. I thought about what Mr. Gold said to Emma, explaining why she was the savior in the finale. It’s because Emma is the product of True Love and I wondered, okay, if everyone in fairytale land has true love, wouldn’t that also mean that Cora and Henry once had True Love for each other but TL went south really quick since they were poor? And if they did have True Love once, then Regina would also be a product of True Love as well.

I’m also willing to bet the reason Cora didn’t want Regina marrying Daniel was to keep history from repeating itself.

[hjbau]

I doubt very much that Cora and Henry ever had true love. Though we just don’t know enough about their situation.

[Daniel J. Lewis]

I’m not even sure if Cora had a true love. But we’ve only seen her in one episode, so it’s anyone’s guess.

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