Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20170429134340/@comment-32569754-20170714010521

The problem is there are a lot of inconsistencies on the show. Now it's been a while since I watched seasons 1 to 5, so my memory might not be all that great, but if someone could clear up a few things for me I would really appreciate it. 1.) During season 1, whenever we get flashbacks of the Enchanted Forest we see that Regina's magic abilities are immensely powerful. So powerful in fact that even Rumple himself considers her to be a threat. However, from season 2 and onward she never at any point seems anywhere near as powerful as she did in the season 1 Enchanted Forest flashbacks. Why is that? 2.) During season 4, at some point there is a prophecy that states something about the most powerful practitioner of light magic will be the one to defeat Zelena. For most of the season everyone thinks the prophecy is talking about Emma, but then in the end it turns out the prophecy was actually talking about Regina. In that moment where she does use light magic to defeat Zelena she seems very powerful indeed. However, oddly enough after season 4 Regina suddenly doesn't seem as powerful any more, and even more odd she never uses light magic again. I really don't understand this. What is going on here. How can the writers of the show drop such a huge bomb on us (Regina being the one the prophecy spoke of as the most powerful practitioner of light magic) and then seemingly just drop that entire story arc right after Zelena is defeated? And why doesn't Regina use light magic any more after she defeated Zelena? 3.) Once Regina does "turn good", she seems to be much less powerful than what she was when she was straight up evil. Why is that? 4.) If Rumple really is that powerful then why didn't he cast the Dark Curse himself? Exactly why did he need Regina to cast the curse? This is why I say the show is extremely inconsistent when it comes to the magic users. One episode a character can be as powerful as a God and then the next episode that same character seems like a magic novice. The writers really need to do a better job at keeping track of how powerful which magic user is.