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Shadowlord4001 wrote: Eskaver wrote: Power: Edge goes to Regina (Given the dialogue in 5x12, I can only assume Regina's magic makeup (light and dark would give her the edge.)

Intelligence/Manipulation: Cora (no question there)

Skill/Versatility: Edge goes to Regina (Same teacher, same spell books, but Regina absorbed a spell or two from the book where as Cora didn't.)

Experience: Cora (Basicallly since Regina was born)

Stamina/Durability: Edge goes to Regina

Assuming no emotional distress/morals, Regina takes it 55 out of 100.

With morals/emotional distress being in character, Cora takes it 51 out of 100. Yes, in character would somehow swing it to Cora winning due to Regina likely not having it in her to face her mother herself, as shown in 2x09. However, Cora with a heart doesn't seem that much different from the one that was willing to rip her daughter's heart out. Wow this basically is my new head canon haha. What was said in 5 x 12 i cant recall? Cora says, "You don't have the power to push me back to Wonderland." This sort of either implies that the first time Regina caught her offguard or its talking about portal mecahnics, which I doubt.

Regina responds and eventually says she sealed her looking glass portal with a spell that even she can't undo. That sort of has Regina imply that since she can't do it, Cora surely can't.

An aside, that episode also shows how resourcegul she is, given that she saw the looking glass behnd Henry and used the Magic Mirror and her own mirror magic to get to that mirror for her to utilize the lookingglass' innate magic to get through.