True Love

[chloris.livejournal.com]

Is One True Love all you get?

Lana Parrilla did a nice interview for the Bell Media Upfronts recently (video embedded below) and in this good, but uncontroversial talk, had a particularly interesting thing to say. About half way through she mentioned that in Fairytale land you only get ONE love. And that is IT. This is not something which has been mentioned in the show as far as I can remember - True Love and its importance, yes; but One True Love, no.

I talked about it at length at my journal (and why it doesn't work for me) but I was wondering what other people thought of the concept. Do people in FTL only get one True Love? Or is this an actor's interpretation? If confirmed, why would anyone want to go back if they no longer have their True Love? Are most people then doomed to experience lesser forms of love? How does it even work?

Comments

[spicandspan89.livejournal.com]

Lana Parrilla makes a very interesting point. IMO the canonicity of her statement is sketchy; this is more like her personal interpretation. However, it makes sense for Regina to have the same view. Perhaps this is a common belief in FTL. Regina believed she would never love again. Her supposed One True Love was taken from her and she would never have another chance with him. This fueled her hatred for Snow and eventually led to her downfall.

I wonder what would happen if Regina were proven wrong?

[chloris.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do see this as Lana's interpretation of Regina's motivation. And in Regina's case it is likely to be true as well. Her anger and desire for revenge would make it pretty much impossible for her to be willing to fall in love again.

I wonder what would happen if Regina were proven wrong?

Seeing someone else fall in love again? Or falling in love again herself? Number one would likely increase her desire to destroy everyone else's happiness and number two is a possible redemption story line.

[spicandspan89.livejournal.com]

Either would be interesting; I guess it depends where TPTB want to go with her character. I'm a sucker for redemption stories, so I'm hoping for the latter.

OTOH, her love for Henry does partially redeem her. (I wonder if she would have been able to awaken Henry?) Honestly I find the idea that romantic love is ~purer~ and more powerful than parental love a bit problematic, so maybe I don't want to see her fall in love again? IDK, I guess it depends how well it's done.