Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31147694-20171118143346/@comment-1295345-20171221212428

KnocknickKnock wrote: It was brought up atleast wice that more witches equal more power.

Season 3B Glinda states that the four witches together can do what no other witches can. It was also hinted that the four witches could break the laws of magic given Zelena's spell which the objects was mirrored off the 4 witches of Oz.

Reginas Heart represented Love(South)

Davids Sword represent Courage(East)'

Rumples Brain represented Knowledge(North)

Baby Neal represented Innocence(West)

Then again in Season 4A Ingrid States that with the combined power of Herself, Emma and Elsa she could be even more powerful than the Dark One.

If Four witches can arguably break the laws of Magic I see no reason teight witches couldn't cast the curse without crushing the Heart of the thing they love most.

As far as the Curse is concerned it can be designed in multiple ways. Regina installed a Fail Safe in her curse which would have destroyed the town. Fiona made her curse destroy the Lands if Emma stopped believing. It isn't hard to believe The Witches made the curse where only certain people would have magic and certain others wouldn't unless the curse was broken. If you could have accepted Fionanas curse you should have zero issues with this curse. Except Regina and Zelena talked about breaking the curse meant bringing back magic as if that has always been the case. And just because Glinda told Zelena that the four witches together meant they could do what no single witch could doesn't imply that meant breaking the laws of magic. And I'm sorry, but needing 8 witches one having already cast the curse, no matter how powerful they are, still feels like a cheat to cast the curse that is meant to have a high price.