Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-72.209.161.177-20130513230623/@comment-5679696-20130610231325

I do see your point in the "touched by the dark magic" thing, yes, it might be probable... Tho I don't think the Blue Fairy said it as in "OMG! Your papa is the Dark One and you're inheriting his powers!" XD I think it was more like "I do feel there's something dark in your life". <--- this is not confirmed, just my thoughts about it :P

Regarding True Love's Products, it has been stated by one the writers (I think it was Jane Espenson, I'll look for the source later if you want it), that Emma's was a special case. It's not as simple as:


 * Person 1 trully loves Person 2
 * They have a baby, Person 3
 * Person 3 has magical powers.

(everything coming after this is not what Jane Espenson said, just what I assume about it): Emma's case is affected by the fact that Person 1 and Person 2's hairs were mixed to create a potion that would be later mixed with hairs of the ones with the darkest souls, the heart of the person the caster loves the most, and ''who-knows-what-else' to create a powerful curse that would take EVERYONE (or quite everyone) to a town in another land (town that was created by the curse itself)...

Going back to Emma. She is the saviour of said curse because she is the product of true love AND because her parent's "true love" was used in the curse. This is probably what gives Emma the magical powers.