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I'm starting to do some magic research on all that has occured on Once because I love such things as magic systems and worldbuilding.

The hilarious thing is that Once barely gives us more than scraps. Like that hat incantation (yes, they said incantation), was just Regina pointing the dagger on it, lol. I was fine with hand wavey magic, but more so the spell book could have been better utilized, but then something....or should I say someone happened......

Zelena! Regina has her fireball clawing motion with emotion. She and Cora have their emotionless face when they rip hearts out. Rumple has the general vibe of sorcerer to his character. Cora is arguably the best with unique hand motions on about her different spell. Just watch every scene she does magic and she actually does unique things. That I love more than anyone else's gestures. Really watch scenes with her magic. Really do it! Zelena on the other hand (maybe due to direction) waves her hand every which way for all her spells with hardly a noticable difference.

Spell is used to catch all. Like they mispeak all the time. The sleeping spell casted on the town is not a sleeping curse. Like, minor things is just the hilarity of things. Like, Zelena, the Wicked Witch is actually a powerful sorceress. So, she's not a witch, but Regina and Cora are. I wish they have more spellbook blowing and using. It's a book and we've seen at most five spells (supposedly).

Magic laws were discussed in Once...but so were the obvious exceptions, lol.

1) Can't make someone love youCora created the Curse of the Empty Hearted (Season 2)

2) Can't change the past (or memories of the past which Jafar could only do)Zelena's Time Travel spell and the Author.

3) Can't bring back the dead (permanent dead and not magically sustained)not broken yet.

I wish that we actually got more on what Regina (who is apparently mediocre) is actually capable of. We see her do a diverse set of spells in season 3a and then it was back to fireballs with her. I wish we could see what she knows.

Other facts:

--need to know the location of an object or person in order to teleport/conjure them to you

--Healing spell (Emma's) heals superfically, only on the outside, while Amara's heals only the inside.