Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31147694-20171118143346/@comment-24264679-20171221193124

Anonymius wrote: Fiona gathering all that dust over the years instead of crushing the heart of someone you love the most? That seems a fair substitute. eight witches including one who had cast the curse before? Not much of a substitute for something that requires great sacrifice. Wonder what's gonna be needed next time they cast the curse. And sure, the curses are different, I accept that, but there are things that remain constant, like people would notice a town coming out of nowhere, and magic for some reason being brought in the town as a consequence has never been an aspect before. 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.