Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5205908-20150112195458/@comment-5205908-20150119185512

Eskaver wrote: It would be nice to know the origins of the fairies to know if they specifically give it up to be one. Only then will I accept it as a price, instead of a regulation. Here's to hope in the second half!

I think, at least in my mind, cost =/= price. But that's just wording issues. I think in the case of the fairies' using magic, for example, they don't tell about a price but a sacrifice. The Blue Fairy often says in her deals, "Are you willing to sacrifice this world for the next?" or something like that. I think all magic has a cost, some a price, and the other a sacrifice. Archie gave up his life as a human, to continue to live on as a cricket to assist Gepetto. Wait, I didn't know the Blue Fairy could give immortali.....nevermind.

Elsa's powers seem genetic. Maybe first-born gets the powers, though I wonder why Ingrid and Helga were blonde and not Gerda. But I guess that's more realistic.

You brought up a point that I can't believe I didn't think before, that fairies, or at least the Blue Fairy has to be immortal considering she's been around since the time Rumplestiltskin became the Dark One. And it seems immortality is too much not to have a price for. Perhaps earning anger or hatred fromt the Dark One is part of that price. Even though they are not actively at war, it seems Rumple would hurt the fairies whenever he has the chance.

In the long run, as I mentioned before magic seems to be the reason why villains don't get happy ending and always lose the major wars. That's the pattern shared by all major villains so far in the series, that they are all magic practitioners, and most of them use Dark Magic. Being able to do a lot damage but always lose the wars to the heroes is apparently to be their prices.