Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170429134340/@comment-25536775-20170601224855

DSP88 wrote: When Zelena has the pendant, she is clearly stronger than Regina when Regina uses dark magic. But we know from the show that her light magic was stronger than Zelena's pendant. Now I've said before, Zelena without her pendant is stronger than Regina but I don't think by much. I also think that without Zelena having her pendant, light magic no longer has the same effect on her as before so this actually gives Zelena an edge up on Regina. I think something along the lines of out of 10 battles between the two sisters Zelena would win 6 and Regina would win 4 (I think the EQ beating Zelena and only being stopped by Regina ripping her heart out proves this point IMO). Zelena knew what was coming when the EQ poofed them outside and she still stood by and did nothing and eventually told Regina that had she not come when she did she basically would have died thanks to the EQ. But then we all know a few episodes later Zelena is claiming she had it all under control... Regina's light magic isn't more powerful than Zelena's pendant. Zelena's pendant broke the laws of magic, Regina can't do that, and we know as of 5x06 that Regina is using light magic. It's just that Amped! Zelena has a really specific weakness that was light magic.

Imagine Zelena's pendant an MMA fighter that's allergic to cat fur. They can beat practically anything up, but if you drop some cat fur on them, they'll be essentially defeated. Zelena's the MMA fighter, and light magic is the cat fur. The light magic doesn't need to be stronger than Zelena's dark magic, it just needs to be ''light magic. ''

EQ is literally unkillable, Zelena was in a bad emotional state, and probably wondering if EQ would go through with it. That battle means nothing. A battle between Regina and Zelena in present day would've been more informative.

Also, OUaT magic works for the plot. The plot of 6x09 demanded an incapacitated Zelena. So that's what we got. In a show like this, statements mean more than feats because feats are just going to be "what the plot demands is possible".