Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26394456-20171122060155/@comment-25536775-20180104030529

DatNuttyKid wrote: DracoWombat wrote: If Alice was supposed to be a magical character we'd likely have seen it by now. I can see her being the Guardian, but it's highly unlikely that she's a normal magic user. What makes you say that? There's yet to be a moment that it would make sense to show her using magic, except maybe right when she was born a la Zelena. But Zelena's been the only example of that.

A logical reveal, however, would be having Gothel try to manipulate her daughter into joining the Coven and somehow giving her access to her powers in the Land Without Magic. Her magic could then go haywire like Emma's did in Season 4 and Ana's did in the winter finale, but with the help of Robin, she gains control over them and is able to use them to help defeat Gothel.

OUaT typically likes to show a character's magic as early on as possible. Drizella's an exception but it's because she was specifically written to be a "big reveal". Alice isn't.

Zelena's establishing character moment is her defeating Regina easily in 3x12. Pan's establishing character moment is using fairy dust to fly in 3x01. Cora's was her contorlling Regina with magic in the horse in 1x18. Regina's was, well, the iconic opening of the pilot. Fiona's was her resisting squid ink easily and overpowering Rumpel in 6x09. Ingrid's was freezing the wall in 4x02.

If a character has magic, the show will most likely reveal it as soon as possible unles sit's part of a big reveal, as was Drizella. It's unlikely that they plan that for Alice since she already had her big reveal (Being Gothel's daughter in 7x07).