Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7014539-20140412191511/@comment-25926288-20150728142024

Kingfan22, I totally agree with you. It's sort of like comic book fights. Feats usually trump statements, but statements do caryy their weight.

One thing I do give the writers credit for is the quick draw method. One of the questions in magic building is what stops a magic user from using their most powerful attack first. In essence, magic battles shouldn't be dragged out for little reason if they have access to easy accessible strong magic.

But you also have to included Plot-Induced stupidity too. Remember that fight with Cora and Regina and then after all that fighting, Cora just simply poofs Emma and Neal away. It makes it seem foolish to simply not do it at the start. Problem solved...but we wouldn't have had a cool fight scene.

Regina has many feats, but we can chalk that up to skill rather then raw power. Regina has the most and pretty much some of the best feats of the whole series and she still will be less powerful than Rumple whi never has done anything impressive.

Other fun PIS battles.

Maleficent vs Regina 1- Regina throws fire at Mal (who could have just absorbed it) and Mal blocks with a shielding spell. Regina then uses telekinesis to toss the weapons at the unicorn, and Mal blocks again. Regina then telekinetically drops the chandelier on Mal and binds her.

Maleficent vs Regina 2- Rumple tells Mal to  deal with Regina. Regina says I can explain....Mal knocks her out with a sleeping spell. Well, that was short.

For the whole Regina vs Zelena 2 (in the shipyard or the hospital) One could chalk it up to Regina gloating and being slow. Plus, I don't know what Regina was going for because she never held her hands that way for any magic I've seen her do.