Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-24674051-20150720164321/@comment-25926288-20151001184519

CTrent29 wrote: And it took Regina and Cora to break her protection spell.

And yet, Cora had no problems with teleporting Emma out of the shop without any problems. Even Regina was able to teleport Emma with great ease in Season 3 or 4. I find it even odder that Emma couldn't destroy the snow monster conjured by Elsa, but Regina could?

The problem with this show, and other shows like "CHARMED" is that its portrayal of magic lacks any logic whatsoever. Another problem with this show is that it tries to sell us this belief that magic is based upon the individual's emotions. Now that is idiotic, especially when emotions have a way of interfering with an individual's thought process or actions. Teleporting someone deals nothing with power level. Emma actually did better against Ingrid  (who's more powerful)'s ice viking than Regina did. I assume it was Emma's first time using the light blast when she faced Elsa's monster.

Now, there's something I'd agree on. Magic based on emotions and thoughts and stuff makes it really, really brokemn without rules and those three laws don't count as rules. On Charmed, you could just make any rhyming spell and it will change the whole world and alter reality just because you can. That's overpowered. But on Once, I am glad they are starting to add rules (only 4.5 seasons in), but it still odd that you have to feel angry to perform a spell. I can't assume you always have to be angry or to just believe to light a fire or things would be burning down in SB. I assume that emotions just strengthens the magic.