Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-31147694-20171111190029/@comment-25926288-20171112012245

Also, in regards to the fast magic learning and stuff, some scenes were cut. Extra photos were released and it showed Regina teaching Drizella how the bloom a flower, etc.

Mirror magic (which Emma learned in a quick minute), Plant magic, teleportation (which Emma also learned in a quick minute), and telekinesis (not that hard apparently) isn't too farfetched. Just that, it's a good thing that Sow was cursed to be the teacher instead of Regina, because she's tossing so many subjects at you at once.

As for Rumple, he was just keeping up appearances as we know that he plays the long game.