Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-413929-20141211181204/@comment-25926288-20150313112725

NickM98 wrote: Eskaver wrote: Do you know how slow she walks? I always find it weird to teleport for sitting to standing. New effect, I wonder if that's what they'll do for this season. She did "blink" like Rumple does in the last episode. I personally don't like the SFX used to make Maleficent "blink" teleport, they looked a bit dodgy. Even if they were properly done, I prefer that only the Dark One can "blink" teleport and everyone else had to use a cloud of smoke. It would have been better if she had simply gotten up and approached Regina.

Also, as soon as I saw Maleficent in the hat and long coat, I immediately thought Zelena (from the later episodes in 3B). Did anyone else? I think they just have an inconsistency of when magic smoke is use. Maleficent used smoke to teleport when she did it to all three, and now didn't here. It was the same way with Cora, when she teleported the compass, it was a flash of light, not smoke. Even in season 4a, Rumple teleported Belle, changed his and Belle's clothing, with several snaps and no accompanying smoke. I wonder if the smoke is actually seen in canon, besides one instance with Zelena. Even Rumple thought she was Regina even though her magic smoke was a different color.

I think several people seem to think it was Zelena at first glance. But Zelena to me looked housewife/Marry Poppins and then obvious witch like afterwards. Here, Maleficent looks mob-boss like. Maybe it's the hat.