Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-25926288-20160528235145

KnocknickKnock wrote: 1. Regina never said Emma was more powerful than her.

In the bridge scene she said that Emma had potential that she was wasting. No where in that scene did she say Emma had mpre potential than her or that Emma was stronger.

In the hospital scene during the wicked witch arc Regina said that Emma's light magic was the onlything powerful enough to take out Zeleena and that she wasn't strong enough. It had everything to so with Emma having light magic and nothing to do with Emma being more powerful than her.

'''No, not that. During 3x17 when Regina prompts Emma to look across realms. Exact lines after Regina says to check out on Ariel and walks to the mirror:'''

Emma: I thought you couldn't use mirror magic to look between worlds

Regina: I can't. But after seeing the raw power that you possess, I think maybe you can.

'''Then Emma does it. Emma has more raw power than Regina and even Zelena has shone to have the power to use a mirror to look across realms in Ruby Slippers when she (in Hellish) showed Oz.'''

2. They state that there will be a moment when the Evil Queen won't have her magic. The Evil Queen didn't have any magic and on top of that she wasn't even focused on Emma. Blue did the same thing when Regina tried to rip Mary's marget heart out in the forest then she throw Fairy dust trapping her. It didn't work a second time though as Regina easily caught and destroyed the fairy dust. There s a huge difference between being faster and catching someone off Guard when they are vunerable. Context is so important in that scene and so much was left out in your post.

'''Nope, a moment where she'd be disoriented and won't be able to use her magic. But we can dismiss that because it wasn't clear. It was like half a minute since separation and she didn't even look disoriented. But I'll pass on that.'''

3. Rumple only absorbed Nimue and Merlin power. The darkness simply left Rumple and went into Emma. It was the exact same power Rumple possessed. The only reason Emma was considered more powerful because of her light magic. Raw power doesn't transfer from 1 dark one to the next only the knowledge they possesses and the darkness itself.

'''The Holy Grail magic is what passes from one Dark One to the other. This HG magic all Dark Ones (from Nimue) have and have used. Emma gained that plus her normal light magic. So, when I said Emma plus Hook, I meant their dark powers, as Emma keeps her light magic.'''

Nimue + Merlin's HG magic = Emma + Hook's HG magic (don't know what the Apprentice's wand is powered by then) = Rumple's current HG magic.

It's more like the HG magic + Darkness travel to each new Dark One, then the previous DO is left powerless (and well, dead), but they never explained why Nimue had her powers still, but who knows! Comments in bold.

Saying "I can't do that, but I saw your power, so you can do that" means one has more raw power than the other.