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This is different of course with henry and I actually think with having a child she would prefer a boy so she could raise him to have the respect for women that the men of her past lacked and daniel showed her for the first time. As well as the fear that having a daughter would bring and Regina not wanting to become her mother.

dont even get me started on her father because I can smell the comments saying that her father was a good man to her and she wouldnt hate men bc of him bla bla bla. respectfully, you are wrong<3! love must go beyond the simple profession of it and Henry Sr's. did not. Yes he cared for her but his care did not extend into bravery and that is where love resides. Daniel was ready to stand up to Cora on Reginas behalf when they were about to run away, Henry Sr sat by and watched while his daughter was restrained in the air and who knows what else.

I do not know if Regina ever came to terms with her true feelings for her father but deep down I think she knows he was not a good parent, but compared to Cora he sure seemed like one. Any comfort at all through her childhood was from him and that attachment overshadowed everything else he failed to do.

And with her using him to cast the curse, I do not think at that point she held much love for him at all. She thought she loved her horse more then him first of all. Yes she had to sacrifice what she loved the most but there was nobody else alive for her to love. (except Mal but thats a whole different post hehe) the dark curse is meant to be hard to cast, otherwise everyone would go around doing it. Most sane people would register that they cannot get their happy endings if the person they love most is not there, but regina 1. was not sane, and 2. knew she could live without her father. Did she love him? yes im sure she did. but only as far as she could throw him.

In the underworld I think her father felt so much guilt about Reginas childhood that he never faulted her for killing him and that is when I think his love was the strongest. But it was too late. I do think however that Regina got the closure she needed to move on from his death because once her anger ebbed away over the years of the curse I do think she felt incredibly guilty.

Emma: can you tell the time?

Regina: [turns to clock]

Regina: I approve. I would put them in a boat.