Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6302057-20150418132245/@comment-25703308-20150421171140

Boobfairy wrote: Yeah Eskaver makes a good point about the way people use magic. Like Regina instantly killed a guard by magically snapping his neck. She could have easily done that to Snow White in the same episode- "Ariel." But instead she chooses on the "slowly choke them to death" method that allows Ariel to save her. I think she just wants to see Snow suffer, that's why she didn't crack her neck or anything like that.

As for the apple scene, I think A&E just wanted to blend the scenes to make a nice flow.