Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26443838-20160203031256/@comment-4453062-20160216033111

Eskaver wrote: Theory time! I think that Zelena has some sort of special affinity or deal with her magic.

I was doing so redfeining of the Once Magical system and I realized that in my theory Zelena has a blank. Here's what I mean. Of those surely born with magic:

Ingrid: Affinity for Ice (with other Witchcraft capabilities)

Zelena: Affinity for _____(with other Witchcraft Abilities).

Emma: Affinity for Light (with other Witchcraft capabilities)

Even AU Rumple was like Emma, but normal DO Rumple was like Zelena. Probably we won't find out a thing in this episode, but it could have some sort of tie in with Hades, decay (dust or smoke), or something.

(Yeah, I know you could try to put Dark there but she doesn't control darkness, like how Ingrid and Emma control there elements. You could try to put Fire, but she doesn't seem to control fire as much as she just throws it). I know back in Season 3, Adam and Eddy described that Zelena was such a natural at using magic, compared to Regina, who had to spend a lot of time training. Zelena was also powerful enough to enact the time travel spell, claiming to be the first one to successfully do it. Maybe there is a deeper reason as to why Zelena was so powerful from the start, and we will find out why in 5B. I mean, she could do magic as an infant, and this was before Cora had even learned to do magic herself from Rumple.