Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7014539-20140412191511/@comment-25926288-20150826213256

Budloopy4 wrote: This is a fun topic! The only problem I have with once upon a time is that they always have to one-up the power level. Regina was the main bad guy of season one, then they brought her mother who is more powerful, then pan, then Zelena, then the snow Queen, then having rumple, the dark one, be the main villain after that with a surplus of witches by his side.

The other problem is they never say what they are specifically capable of. Basically feats. Regina shows great powers and more so than any other and she's only mediocre. We haven't seen Rumple as Dark One do anything extraordinary that Regina can't do. He laughs at Mal turning into a dragon, but we don't see him ever being showy.

The one-up is a problem because the writers don't seem to have a better idea than another magical villian. Remeber whn Cora seemed powerful, but she is outclassed by Regina., Zelena, and everyone esle.

They don;t show feats that often and when they do it makes little sense.

Example, Ingrid looks like she's a match for Emma and Regina, but not a match with their magic together.

Ingrid with Elsa's and Emma's magic seems to threaten Rumple, but he isn't worried at all. How powerful is he? Who knows! We won't.

Regina can make earthqaukes and stuff. Why have a genie or a fairy when you can just learn magic.