Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6302057-20171216220411/@comment-6302057-20171217021821

Eskaver wrote: They established by the breaking of blood magic that the coven witches are pretty powerful. Gothel even broke the Dark Curse effects on Regina by growing a plant. Not that extraordinary, but still no minor feat. We did see the First Curse being broken for certain people with Emma's name, pixie dust and Emma kissing Graham. There are established ways to weaken the DC.

Eskaver wrote: There weren't any "retcons" in a bad sense. There are different effects for different folk. By this I mean that in 102, the concept of enchanted hearts had not been thought up by the writers, hence why heart-ripping killed the victim and why in 102, Regina simply threw the heart into the flames to activate the curse. The concept was created in 107, hence why later castings required the heart to be crushed. In addition, the curse was now prepared in a cauldron instead of tossing ingredients in a fire.

Eskaver wrote: Black Fairy used dark fairy dust (which is a jack of all trades kind of magic), but prior Fiona had to use ingredients. Regina didn't have that, so she had to use certain ingredients and tailor made some aspects. Pan copied Regina. Then, Regina copied what she did before. Hook's curse it the more questionable one. In Fiona's first attempt, plus Regina's, Pan's and Snow's, they followed the recipe on the curse scroll. In her actual curse, Fiona used dark fairy dust as you say in a "jack of all trades" fashion (a good way of putting it). Hook's seems more unclear. But in all castings other than Fiona's dark fairy dust, a heart is required.