Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170429134340/@comment-32569754-20170725135107

This post might be long, so bare with me. I'd like to discuss a few things here. 1.) -Regina's power level-OK, I think we can all agree that Regina is not among the most powerful of magic users. HOWEVER, from everything I've seen in the show throughout the past 6 seasons I firmly believe that Regina is the most well rounded magic user. She is a good all-around magic user. Basically a jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none type of magic user. She can do a bit of everything, but she doesn't particularly have a huge strength in any one thing. She may not be as powerful as some of the other magic users in specific areas, but at the same time she also doesn't have as extreme weaknesses as the more powerful magic users do. I'll say again - with magic use, Regina might not have any notable strengths, but she also doesn't have any glaring weaknesses. Unlike the other magic users. One could argue that Regina's only real weakness is her confidence issue. As we've seen, Regina is not as confident in herself as she could and/or should be. And at times that confidence issue has held her back. However, as the show progresses we eventually see Regina overcome her confidence issue. At least to a certain degree. 2.) -The Savior (Emma)-When it comes to the Savior you all are forgetting some important things. As we've seen, Savior magic is clearly extremely harsh on the user's system. Have you all forgotten the "shakes" that Emma (and Aladdin) got from using Savior magic? Not to mention the constant visions of one's own death, which is enough to drive anyone insane. And don't forget about the prophecy. The Savior is fated to die. All Savior's die. They have to die in order for others to live. Then there the feats that Emma is able to pull off without even knowing or meaning to. Just because you have auto immunity to something does not mean you are powerful. If it wasn't for the Savior magic giving Emma auto easy cheat mode whenever the mud hits the fan then she would be dead ten times over by now. The Savior magic did all those feats. Emma had nothing to do with it. They could just as easily get some drifter from the streets and give him the Savior magic and he'd be able to do everything that Emma did on account of the Savior magic's built in auto-do-everything mode. Unlike other magic users the Savior doesn't have to do any work. The Savior magic auto does everything for them. That, in my opinion, is cheat mode. And the Savior should be disqualified from this list for that reason. It's easy to be the Savior when your magic auto does everything for you. 3.) -People saying that the only reason Regina conquered the Enchanted Forrest is because she only went up against farmers and villagers-This is simply not true. Yes, Regina did (mostly) go up against farmers and helpless villagers, but she also went up against Snow White, Prince Charming, and their various allies, which include all manner of magical and non-magical characters from the Enchanted Forrest, as well as the Fairies and trained soldiers. And even then Regina still managed to conquer Snow White's kingdom before they were able to stop her. Snow even admits this to Regina during a conversation the two of them have, (I think it was in season 5 or season 6.) If you want to look at someone that conquered a realm that was unable to fight back then look at Zelena. When Zelena conquered OZ the only opposition she had to go up against was an army of man-child munchkins. Which are about as deadly as a bag of sand. The other three Witches of OZ didn't even try to put up a fight. They just assumed that Zelena is more powerful than them and so they just stepped aside. Regina at least keeps fighting even when the odds are stacked against her. Which is more than I can say for Glinda. And that brings me to my next point... 4.) -Glinda, The Good (Lazy) Witch of the South-Explain to me again why people seem to think Glinda is powerful? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember a single scene anywhere in the show where Glinda even does anything. She claims to be powerful, but has done nothing to back up said claims. She wasn't even willing to put up a fight when Zelena conquered OZ. As far as I can tell Glinda is just like The Wizard of OZ. Nothing more than a boastful fraud.