Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160528111232

I'd wish that were true. Maybe eeven the lightness of the sources of SB's magic (True Love, Belief) could dampen their powers, but alas there's no set proof.

I guess we could try to see if that's the case. But Current Gold is supposedly stronger than previous Dark One Rumple. Current Gold, I'd say has Emma + Hook's dark power combined (or Merlin + Nimue, not much difference), the others were on a leash, imo.

Can I use the fact that Emma outspeed the EQ and her magical chain spell (similar to Rumple's on Regina in Heart of Gold, or the candle chain spell Emma tried on Ingrid) to mean that Emma's a faster caster and at least on the EQ's level?

I tell ya, Regina/ EQ really are a touch slower with their spells. But at least theirs aren't half-baked. XD

That's my theory about Emma. She tries using brute force because her magic is stronger than Regina's (confirmed by Regina), but I think Emma's spells tend to be "half-baked" like a particular Blind Witch and that's why Emma's spells tend to be more easily broken/ vary in strength.

Except portection spellls, and apprently that chain spell, which she appeared to have mastered. (the light pulse and light blasts are just her throwing her raw power against something).

So, I've got Zelena and Emma roughly equal on raw power as both can use mirrors to look across worlds, while Regina cannot (and says she cannot), but Zelena and Regina are far better spellcasters than Emma.