Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25555565-20150209010101/@comment-25355646-20150213121533

Eskaver wrote: Jafar had potential, but wasn't that powerful because of some of his actions. Or at least he didn't have versatility. I assume that Agrabah magic users uses a different set of spells than EF users. I will always remember when the staff was taken from Jafar, Jafar literally ran away. Jafar seemingly depended on Amara's power to amplify his own or to utilize.

Amara used someone who she thought would work for her cause. We also, don't know how far Agrabah is from EF. Also, I doubt she'd seek out any EF sorceress since they seem (and are) to likely backstab and wouldn't agree. Amara literally could have used any magic user, but Jafar landed in her face, like a wonderful opportunity. You have your opinion, I have mine. He is my favorite villain after all. I feel he's the most diabolical villain when he decided to kill two main characters so he could use their bodies as bargaining chips. I rewatched Wx03 yesterday and I noticed something, when Jafar slammed his staff into the ground out of anger, the eyes didn't glow red. The eyes glow red when Jafar uses Amara's powers but when he slammed the staff down, he wasn't using her powers. I think art times Jafar can use the staff as a magical weapon by somehow letting his own magic flow through it. And the huge shockwave that he sent out went all the way to his tower miles away and rattled it (and Jafar was underground so that was a huge shockwave he created himself). This also happened later in the episode when he killed the Grendel, the staff's eyes didn't glow. I think the reason Jafar ran away in Wx11 is because Amara is pretty much his equal and he didn't want to lose the heart. You notice it looks like he's going to fight back but then he looks down at the heart and then runs off.