Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20161128043742

8Rob wrote: Eskaver wrote: So, EQ vs Zelena in this episode means practically nothing. As I analyzed, Zelena knew she couldn't win/kill EQ so she didn't put up a fight. However, she did have a nice durability feat given that the fireball just knocked her back. (Zelena fireballed a guy and his head exploded.) You don't need to kill someone to win a fight.

She could have frozen her, like Peter Pan did with Regina (and everyone else) in 3x11. Heck, Zelena herself did it with Regina in 3x17.

And that's it.

We know the doppelgangers can't be killed, but we also know that magic works on them.

Zelena's a clever person. You see that she specifically kissed Robin and said that she loved her because I'm sure she knew she had no chance. She connected the dots that with EQ's expectation that she was sleep means that EQ would stoop very low to kill her.

So far noone has tried an immobilization spell on anyone, but it's likely that it wouldn''t do anything. Plus it ends as soon as the cast is a certain distance away. Zelena wouldn't have time to set up a protection spell and etc, and even still, Rumple would break it for EQ, and she'd have to flee which she wouldn't or couldn't.

You can tell because usually Zelena gets all blustery and gloaty.

If the writers wanted they could have a magic fight, but Zelena would know it's pointless and then I think they thought it over because special effects cost money and they used a ton this episode.