Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20151130020049/@comment-25926288-20151201033642

From this episode I have founded a magic theory.

Poofing versus Blinking

I have theorized that Blinking requires little to no movement, awareness about where you are teleporting, and strong mental acuity. I theorize that it goes (strong) Blinking-Phasing---Poofing (Weak)

Poofing is required if it's multiple people, unless you have great awareness and pofing can fix mistakes.

Example: Merlin blunk the Nevergers out of Camelot and into the Forest but positions weren't exact and so on.

Regina has been shown to do it with a dagger in season 4 and Rumple does it frequently but why do they poof? It's because it's easier and fixes the error. Anytime there is high tension or quick moments poofing is likely to occur. But also it speaks of the users.

Regina has shown acuity, but is often put in high tensions situations where she has to act fast and she's not the quickest tool in the toolshed.

Zelena hasn't done much besides flicker Henry and blink Babay Neal into her arms and that shows that she has modestly strong mental acuity, but Zelena is prone to hand waving and not being direct with magic and simply lazy due to fast learning and stronger powers.

Rumple has a lot and poofs often but that's generally far distances and he has no real reason to stress his brain since he has tons of power. However, not all DOs blink as Zoso has only been shone to achieve phasing, like Maleficent which is inbetween. Maleficent also blinked before too. As well as poofed.

So, poofing requires knowledge of location and persons poofing only. It can correct position and any doubts. Blinking requires strong acuity, precision and accuracy, and focus. Perhaps power, but not known. Phasing is somewhere in-between. Poofing others require knowledge of where they are.