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Michael9797 wrote: Fragile Daydreamer wrote: Child of the Moon7 wrote: Wonderful episode!!! Definitely one of the best so far :)

I think Zelena turned green of jealousy because she still couldn't really control the magic that was inside her. She didn't learn it the way Regina did, she was born with it and that's why she has no full control over it and having such strong emotion turned her, well..green.

Or if you think about it another way, we've seen how powerful magic can physically affect the wielder. Case in point, Rumplestiltskin. He wasn't always "imp-like". But that is the DO's curse. A totally different scenario. Maybe she is in fact Rumple's daughter and that's why her skin turned green. That wouldn't happen to Neal since he was born before Rumple was the Dark One, but Zelena is Rumple's daughter she would have been born when he had his powers and thus inherited some of his magical traits