Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4519633-20141022032431/@comment-24264679-20170327235517

Eskaver wrote: I don't want to get into the "Emma" debate, but I love how I'm in between the two major opinions. Some see Emma as uber-powerful (around DO level) while others see her as quite weak.

According to the "Mirror Test", we've seen that Emma and Zelena can use a mirror to see across worlds, while Regina can not due to raw power (more info in 3x17, 5x18). Now, that was before Regina unlocked her light magic, so that may have changed, but we don't know.

Skill and Speed often beat raw power in Once, so it's weird. Emma quickly subdued Queenie, while Queenie quickly made short work of Zelena, while Zelena easily owned Emma. I guess it's all about speed and skill at some level.

Emma's skill is increasing, so sooner or later, they'll all be equal in skill. Given that, Emma should be as strong as Aladdin (Savior), but more skilled, thus higher ranked. But plot makes it hard for any of us to distinguish as Aladdin beat the more skilled Jafar, but I guess we aren't done with that story. Aladdin bested Jafar because Jafar didn't fight back. That is like a beginning boxer facing off against a Professional boxer but the professional boxer doesn't fight back. Do you say the beginning boxer is better than the professional? No.

Emma was able to stop the Evil Queen because Regina stated that once her and the EQ is seperated the EQ wouldn't have her magic for a few moments.

Also Regina was said to have the most powerful form of Light magic via Glinda stating that only the most powerful form of light magic can harm Zeleena. So while Yes Emma might have powerful Savior magic how does that compare to someone Like Regina who posses the most powerfulf forms of Dark and Light magic. Zeleena who was born with an immense amount of magic since birth or a century+ old Sorcerers Maleficent who crafted a fire spell so powerful that it would burn forever and no magic could put it out.

People hype Emma's character up so much that they belittle alot of the other characters who not only posses an immense amount of raw power but also have years and way more knowledge on Emma. I also hate when people say well Emma will get to a certain point where she will surpass them when that is nothing more than specualtion. Emma has a long way to go before she is at Regina, Zeleena or Maleficent level with the craft.

Emma isn't weak but she has a long way to go before she could be considered the one of the most powerful anything. Only time Emma was immensely powerful was when she was the dark one. Even then Regina was able to undo the spell she place on Sneezy with a snap of her fingers. Regina stopped Pan from getting to Henry's heart and even trapped the shadow. So either Regina has more raw power than these characters OR Raw power doesn't amount to much when dealing with a knowledgable sorcerer.