Tv Guide -Regina's love interest

[kfchimera]

I don’t think anything is really ruled in or out yet as they have not spoiled or promised, but fans have interpreted (as happened before) in a way that fits various things they hope to see.

So it could be RegalCat, ReHo, HookedQueen, whatever it is–something tells me it is not meant to last. It is too early and a love story can stifle the storyline sometimes for a character that needs to serve as the antagonist (look at Rumple!).
It’s tricky for them. But if it is ReHo, I’m thinking they either met in past or won’t meet until the future.

Regina could still kill Tamara–if she does it to save Emma’s life, it would potentially be quite the turning point for Regina.

[Phee]

So I don’t think the Regina love interest is just Henry entering her life. I think we will see both things, but she may not meet the person who is her love interest. So it does NOT have to be someone in NL. It could be someone she met in the past or it could be someone the audience meets and she meets later.

Yep, especially that last bit. Unless I missed it, I don’t recall having seen a quote from K&H that stated that Regina’s new love interest was gonna be in NL. They’ve said he’ll be introduced early on in the season, and so people assumed that probably meant that he would be in the same world Regina is currently in, but like I said, I don’t recall that ever being stated as a fact. We do know that Robin is being introduced early in the season. I just think they’re gonna establish him in his own right first, before putting him together with Regina, once she’s back in SB.

So it could be RegalCat, ReHo, HookedQueen, whatever it is–something tells me it is not meant to last. It is too early and a love story can stifle the storyline sometimes for a character that needs to serve as the antagonist (look at Rumple!).

But they’ve used terms like, “Maybe there’s a soulmate for her out there, if only she’d let love in.” That makes me think that whoever it is is gonna be her endgame relationship, and it’s gonna build slowly and have ups and downs, as she struggles to change herself for the better.

[kfchimera]

Soulmate also suggests romantic too. I was surprised they recast RH really, so something big is up.

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

[RumplesGirl]

Yeah I don’t think they recast RH for just paying back his debt to Belle. He turned out to be such a minor character in Lacey that honestly they could have just let us forget about it and let our RH experience be what it was. The fact that they recast and seemed really excited about, as excited as they were for Joanna Garcia to play Ariel, means this is something bigger.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[PriceofMagic]

Robin Hood is meant to have a 4 episode appearance isn’t he? Perhaps he dies to show the audience that anyone can die even if they are a well known character and that the regular characters aren’t necessarily safe from being killed off(even though they are).

I could support RegalHood if Tamara was not his daughter. That is make or break for me. I know Neal and Tamara didn’t get married so Tamara wouldn’t be Henry’s step-mom/step-sister but the idea of what could have been is enough to put me off RegalHood.

I don’t think the writers would necessarily shy away from RegalCat just because Felix is younger than Regina and it’s a family show. They didn’t shy away from the Regina/Graham relationship where Graham was basically Regina’s sex slave. That was more morally dubious than RegalCat would be.

RegalCat wouldn’t be a grand love affair between Regina and Felix. It would be a twisted, unhealthy relationship built on lust, power and control. It would be an experience Regina needs to have for her to realise that she can do better, that her past does not have to dictate her future and that she could have genuine, not just romantic, relationships with people if she treated them a lot better.

Regina has treated Belle as just a pawn to use against Rumple when she chooses rather than as an actual living, breathing, feeling person. Regina had no consideration for how Belle felt during her ordeals so Regina’s first step towards becoming a better person would be to genuinely apologise to Belle for what she put her through. Regina needs to do that, not because it’s what Henry wants, but because Regina feels genuinely remorseful for her actions.

At the moment, Regina hasn’t got any incentive or inspiration to take that step. RegalCat could provide that. We assumed that the new love interest would be the “Belle” to Regina, inspiring her to mend her ways. However, what if Regina is the “good” partner in the relationship. Felix would be quite okay with Regina’s evil queen ways, he’d probably participate if given half the chance and perhaps take it further than Regina intended. If Regina sees that, sees what being evil really looks like, then it gives her the determination to change. Regina has never seen her actions as evil because she hasn’t seen the full consequences of her decisions. She hasn’t got the perspective. She is kind of like the eye of the storm, all this stuff happens around her but never touches her. RegalCat gives her the opportunity to stand back and see evil doing up close and not be a part of it, to get caught in the storm and the effect it has.

All magic comes with a price!

Keeper of Felix

[RumplesGirl]

But isn’t a twisted unhealthy relationship all Regina has ever had, no matter with whom? At some point they have to move her past the need for power and control and I think putting her in a fleeting relationship with Felix would just be a sign that they have no intention of developing her ay this point. I know a lot of people, EvilRegal or not, were upset at the way Regina was acting post Cora coming to town. She turned quite psychotic. And after the small strides made in 221 and 222, I think it’s time to push her even harder.

ReHo isn’t really something I’m overly interested in but I do want to see Regina move toward a better her.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[PriceofMagic]

Regina needs to break the cycle of unhealthy relationships but it needs to get to the point where Regina can say “I realise this is unhealthy”. Regina never viewed her relationship with Henry, Graham or Cora as unhealthy, to her that was normal.

Regina’s problem is that she is easily influenced. Henry was influencing her to try and be a good person until Cora came to town. Cora then influenced Regina. Rumple influenced Regina to push her towards casting the curse. Regina tried to destroy Storybrooke in 221 because it meant she got Henry all to herself, she only saved the town in 222 because her escape route with Henry fell through and he would’ve been left alone whilst everyone he cared about perished including her. Had Regina still been able to escape with Henry, would she have stopped to save the town? Probably not.

Regina needs to stop letting others around her influence her actions and decisions. She needs to get her own sense of what’s right and what’s wrong. RegalCat would be the stepping stone to Regina achieving that so it would actually promote character development for her. As a romantic partner, Felix would be in a prime position to influence Regina for better or for worse. For Regina to turn around and say to him “What you’re doing is wrong and I’ll have no part of it” especially if it concerns custody of Henry in some way would be a step in the right direction for Regina.

All magic comes with a price!

Keeper of Felix

[Phee]

Robin Hood is meant to have a 4 episode appearance isn’t he?

At least 4, but not necessarily just 4.

But isn’t a twisted unhealthy relationship all Regina has ever had, no matter with whom? At some point they have to move her past the need for power and control and I think putting her in a fleeting relationship with Felix would just be a sign that they have no intention of developing her ay this point. I know a lot of people, EvilRegal or not, were upset at the way Regina was acting post Cora coming to town. She turned quite psychotic. And after the small strides made in 221 and 222, I think it’s time to push her even harder.

All of this! Earlier tonight I re-watched The Evil Queen and they cannot keep her stuck in that deluded, “I’m not really bad” mindset indefinitely. Lana plays the evil stuff brilliantly, but Regina needs to start actually learning and changing and having it stick. They’ve started that by showing her willing to sacrifice herself so all the people she hates had a chance at surviving, and now she’s going to NL, where we know people will be forced to face who they truly are, and she’s desperate to save her son’s life, (so will be not at all interested in romance of any kind IMO). If Regina doesn’t have a revelation or 20 and start moving in a positive, healthy direction after NL, and just keeps behaving the same way she always has, it’ll be laughable. Her backsliding in S2 can be explained by Cora’s presence, but she doesn’t have that to use as an excuse for her bad behaviour any more. She can’t change completely overnight, maybe she never will change completely, but I really think she’s gonna start moving towards something more positive in S3, starting right from 301, and I may dislike her so much I regularly wanna reach into the screen and slap her, but I also hope she can eventually find some real happiness.

[Slurpeez]

But isn’t a twisted unhealthy relationship all Regina has ever had, no matter with whom? 

I believe Regina had a pretty healthy relationship with Daniel, the stable boy. For the first time, she was happy and had true love with him. So, his loss left a prominent hole in her life, since she had no one else to really fall back upon for love and comfort in her time a grief. Regina seemed to be a bit of a loner without any real close friends, even in her childhood (probably because Cora kept Regina on such a tight leash). Regina never experienced a mother’s true love, and her father was too weak and defeated by his wife to give Regina the appropriate amount protection and shelter that Regina so desperately craved. Instead, Regina was married off to a man who didn’t really love her to be a mother figure to the girl, who in Regina’s opinion, had ruined her life. So her grief turned into internal hatred, rage and eventually revenge.

At some point they have to move her past the need for power and control and I think putting her in a fleeting relationship with Felix would just be a sign that they have no intention of developing her ay this point. I know a lot of people, EvilRegal or not, were upset at the way Regina was acting post Cora coming to town. She turned quite psychotic. And after the small strides made in 221 and 222, I think it’s time to push her even harder. ReHo isn’t really something I’m overly interested in but I do want to see Regina move toward a better her.

I agree that Felix would be a horrible match for Regina. She needs to develop as a character beyond the crazy Evil Queen that she is to rediscover a little of the young Regina she lost when Daniel died. Robin Hood would be better for Regina than a devious Lost Boy. However, I hope that Regina doesn’t depend on a man to “fix her” and that she can make the difficult decision to change for her own sake to be a better mother figure to Henry. She needs to develop more as an individual before she jumps into a serious relationship with someone. But, that doesn’t mean she can’t have the support of a good man.

"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

[Josephine]

Besides the age thing, a reason I can’t support RegalCat in any way, shape or form is that he’s aided in kidnapping Henry.  I don’t care what way you look at it.  He’s helped  kidnap an eleven year old boy and who knows how many other countless victims for Peter Pan.  I can’t see Regina ever seeing him in a romantic light after knowing he had a hand in kidnapping her son and taking him to another realm.  I can see her throwing a fireball at him or even ripping his heart out, but I can’t see her falling for him.

 

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