Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160503015123

DracoWombat wrote: You're using evidencie for skill level instead of evidence for power. Evidence for power is the show specifically saying Emma's magic is the most powerful magic of all.

'''Nope. Show never says that. It says that True Love is the most powerful magic and even that has limits.'''

And if Emma had been more powerful than Rumpel in 5x11, she could've used her magic to break down his. More powerful magic can usually break spells done by less powerful magic.

'''You are headcanoning how magic works. None of us know how magic works. Emma didn't need to breakdown any Rumple magic because he stopped her from attacking her and then she gave up. He didn't even immobolize her or anything. '''

Yes, you ignore that Emma's skill level is extremely low, and that she couldn't possibly destroy Pan or Zelena or Rumpel with the knowledge and skill she has. We should take the disparity between skill level into account here.

'''Emma's skill level isn't as long as you make it seem. Emma's has learned alot and learned a good bunch with Regina and by being Dark One. Pan has shown far less variety (aka skill) than most people on the show. Overall, Reigna has shown the most variety of spells. Now, magical knowledge is different. She could choke Zelena do death next episode for all I know.'''

I can have a higher IQ than my classmate but score lower in tests because I don't study. The relationship between magic power and skill level is like that.

'''And no, it's not. Each person is unique and at most it's not based on one anedotal example. ''' Responses in bold.