Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26259483-20150404062952/@comment-25926288-20150405113148

If it was like mist in the Percy Jackson books, it would be no problem. (Having normal people not see the effects of magic) However, the only thing we know for sure is that enchanted items and materials with enchanted properties maintain their magic for period of time in a world without magic. The only outlier to smoke-based magic in a world without magic is the dragon. I think he's just a plot hole in those regards. Even Emma's powerful light magic was simply energy surges.

Another plot hole is Shadow-Chernabog idea. The Shadow was able to travel through a Land without Magic though he is a magical entity. Chernabog simply vanished once it entered. Why is that? Is the Shadow some powerful magical being, even more so than Chernabog? This is why the Darlings should have been in Fictional England because it creates this plot hole.