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I think Pan was capable of powerful magic because he was literally transformed from a grown man to a young boy. Remember that Neverland is a place powered by belief alone. Just as Malcolm said, anything is possible as long as you believe in it. So while the Shadow did give Malcolm his younger body as Pan, I think it was Pan's power of belief that allowed him to have so much magic. I don't tink it was so much about other people believing in Pan. It was more about his own self-assertion that as long as he believed in himself, his power would remain as such.

I still wonder about Zelena's adoptive father's reaction to her use of magic. Do ordinary people in Oz not possess magic? His reaction to baby Zelena using magic seemed to be one of great shock as if he had never seen an actual person wield magic before. Or perhaps because she was just an infant, and her ability from birth terrified him b/c there would be no way for anyone to surpress that magic? He behaved like using magic was an unholy or even an evil thing.

Not sure if I like the idea of Morgan Le Fay being everyone's common ancestor, lol. It would give a reason for why certain people have magic/magic potential because of bloodline, but that would make the OUAT family tree even larger and more complex than at the present. o.o