Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-8567299-20130429223841/@comment-26179634-20130805014217

Killian Jones wrote:

Killian Jones wrote:

YayMona wrote: I think Cora has more of the Disney's Sleeping Beauty Maleficent traits then OUAT's Maleficent does. Maleficent in OUAT is written as being on par with the Evil Queen magic wise, while Cora seems to be vastly more powerful then the both of them, being almost on par with Rumplestiltskin. Cora might seem to be more powerful than Regina because she has WAY more practice. Cora uses magic since before Regina was born... and then while Regina spends 28 years without magic, Cora is still able to practice. But if you compare them proportionally, you will note that: And I don't know how powerful Cora's shapeshifting spell is... But enough to shapeshift into a giant Dragon? We never got to see Cora's full shapeshifting abilities, she probably could, or that might have been Maleficent's thing, totally unique to her. Seeing as Regina was able to best Maleficent, I'm assuming that Cora could easily do that too. It seems as though most of the original Maleficent character traits have been given to Cora. I could be wrong, but seeing how uneasy Rumple was about Cora possibly coming through the portal, I think Cora might be as powerful as someone whose not the Dark One or the Blue Fairy could get.
 * 1) Before Cora started using magic, Rumplestiltskin didn't even notice her power. He was even surprised she wanted to learn magic.
 * 2) Before Regina started using magic, Rumplestiltskin already sais she is powerful. "Rumpelstiltskin: So… Kind. So… Gentle. So… Powerful. You could do so much, if you just let yourself."