Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25433726-20150307042647/@comment-5106672-20150308230757

8Rob wrote: There was no magic and yet Regina used Graham's heart as a walkie-talkie in that episode... so whatever... There is a gigantic plot hole about Storybrooke having no magic before 1x22:

-Graham being alive without his heart

-Regina controlling Graham with the heart

-Regina and Jefferson opening the hat's portal

-Storybrooke cloaking spell

-Time being frozen

-Sleeping curse working on Henry after eating the apple turnover

-Regina preparing a forgetting potion after adopting Henry

All of this requires magic... so there was magic in Storybrooke before 1x22. There was magic, but magic could not be created ex novo. Obviously the Curse mantained itself magically, and as said multiple times, enchanted objects brought along from FTL (hearts, ingredients for potions) retained their magic. See? No big plot hole there. ;)