TVGuide: Will Regina find love with Robin Hood ?

[RumplesGirl]

The Evil Queen might actually find love again!

Ever since Once Upon a Time revealed that Regina’s (Lana Parrilla) true love was a mystery man with a lion tattoo, fans have been desperate to actually see the former villain-turned-ally meet her destiny in Robin Hood (Sean Maguire). Unfortunately, their meet-cute in the Enchanted Forest wasn’t quite what viewers were hoping for, but fear not. The duo will come together for the first time in Storybrooke this Sunday (8/7c, ABC) in a very different way.

“In fairy tale land, we saw that Regina is completely oblivious to Robin Hood,” Parrilla tells TVGuide.com. “The thought of him possibly liking her would never cross her mind, nor is she open to that in fairy tale land at all. In Storybrooke, it’s a different story. [The relationships are] nothing alike, which is cool because when we go back and forth, there’s all this frustration and being odds with one another in fairy tale land, then you flash forward to Storybrooke and they’re a little more open to it. It’s a nice contrast. It was fun for me to play. Sean kept going, ‘OK, so now we hate each other.’ ‘We hate each other in this world at this time, but in the future…'”

However, they’re not quite ready to jump into a relationship. After all, there’s a Wicked Witch (Rebecca Mader) terrorizing the town that needs to be dealt with. But there are also other factors standing in their way. “She’s terrified,” Parrilla explains. “She’s afraid to open her heart and afraid to let love in. She hasn’t done it in forever since Daniel [Noah Bean]. I think she’s afraid to lose again — and I don’t mean lose like she won’t get the guy, but lose him. So many things have been taken away from her and there’s been so much loss that she doesn’t believe that it will sustain or that this love has the potential to be as deep and real as she dreamt of having for herself.”

Still, there couldn’t be a better time emotionally for Regina to finally let someone else in now that she’s no longer the big bad in town. “There’s so much that’s really cool about Regina right now that I really love,” Parrilla says. “She’s come full circle. She’s had a beautiful arc from where she used to be as this Evil Queen and going through that second year of redemption to this third year of becoming this hero. She’s really come out on top. She’s become this really full, well-rounded human being.”

 

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“There’s so much that’s really cool about Regina right now that I really love,” Parrilla says. “She’s come full circle. She’s had a beautiful arc from where she used to be as this Evil Queen and going through that second year of redemption to this third year of becoming this hero. She’s really come out on top. She’s become this really full, well-rounded human being.”

I agree with Lana. As interested as I am to see how Regina’s relationship with Robin Hood develops, I’m just happy that Regina has developed as a character on her own. As nice as it is for her to get another shot at romance, it’s all the nicer to see Regina as a reformed, well-rounded individual. She still has a ways to go, but it’s nice to see her well on her way to being happy again.

"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

[RumplesGirl]

So if you’ve come full circle, where do you go next?

I guess S4 is really Regina the Hero and Robin starting to live their lives.

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

[storyteller]

Here’s the key part of the interview:

“She’s afraid to open her heart and afraid to let love in. She hasn’t done it in forever since Daniel [Noah Bean]. I think she’s afraid to lose again — and I don’t mean lose like she won’t get the guy, but lose him. So many things have been taken away from her and there’s been so much loss that she doesn’t believe that it will sustain or that this love has the potential to be as deep and real as she dreamt of having for herself.”

Afraid to lose him that’s key. That tells me that Rob is going to be the lovesick puppy pursing her and fighting for her love.

Custodian of Graham's darts, Rumple's spindle and Robin's quiver

[RumplesGirl]

Afraid to lose him that’s key. That tells me that Rob is going to be the lovesick puppy pursing her and fighting for her love.

Which is a nice change from Regina’s past relationship which was, using the term relationship VERY loosely, Graham.

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

[storyteller]

Was re-watching some Season 1 & 2  episodes and I got to thinking about something Rumple told David in the infinite forest. That true love besides being the most powerful magic that it must be protected at all costs. Now for Snow and David they share a physical connection i.e. David’s sympathy pains when Snow went under the Sleeping Curse. It stands to reason that Robin could very well come to the same point in his desire to be united with his soul-mate where he can’t be without her. We see a slight intimation of this I would argue when he levels his arrow at Regina and promises to aim true even if she chokes the life out of him. This demonstrates to me that their fates will be intertwined from here on out. Eventually, their relationship will progress to the point where he cannot be without her just as Snow cannot be without David and vice versa. A lot of parallels are starting to emerge between Snow and David’s Season 1 romance and Regina and Robin, one would hope that they (Snow and David) recognize this and for want of a better term play match-maker, in the sense of bringing them together by remembering their experiences in the EF (circa Season 1).  Regina  I think will parallel Snow in wanting to silence her heart for being so overwhelmed with love that she convinces herself that its better to be apart than risk the pain of love. Likewise I suspect Robin will be as David was the knight errant in pursuit of his lady fair (albeit with a different set of obstacles in the way) .

Custodian of Graham's darts, Rumple's spindle and Robin's quiver

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Which is a nice change from Regina’s past relationship which was, using the term relationship VERY loosely, Graham.

So it looks like a big surprise waiting for you ^_^

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