Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5118208-20141108143108/@comment-25758988-20150829113319

Well heres hoping Henry does not have magic powers. I did not really like the idea of Emma having powers but at least hers have kinda given a little bit of depth to her but if Henry suddenly used magic I would be dissapointed. I think there are enough people in Henrys family with magic. The only magic I would like him to use is perhaps magic on a more subtle note, similar to Cruella's or something else. But I do see the writters giving him magic due to to the whole author and heart of the truest believer (which prob has given him magic as a result but he has not discovered it) and the fact his mom has magic.

He defo could learn magic if he wanted to, as was expressed by Regina. Magic can be used by everyone in the Enchanted Forest but people choose not to as I would imagine it is quite a difficult skill to learn. We see Regina struggling and Cora for that matter, it seems to take a considerable strength to use it both mentally and physically. Not everyone will feel like they want to be bothered with the long and tedious lessons. Zelena seems to be the only exception to this and was the only one that we know that was born magical with the instinct to control her magic. I am not sure how this came about as we know Regina did not instinctively know how to utilize her magic. Which makes me ask why didn't Cora teach Regina how to use magic years before she killed Daniel, when I can only hope their relationship was a bit better? It amkes me wonder whether she knew Regina had the potential for magic or was it simply she wanted to maintain control over Regina? Rumple says magic comes with emotion but as someone pointed out in another post that Regina would have used magic when Cora kills Daniel (loss of your greatest love and all that). I dont think magic is passed geneticlly (except the strange case of Zelena) Perhaps with her case it was magic flows differently in OZ and add that too the cyclone maybe giving her her magic because she was travelling from an open magical world to another magical world? I don't know! :( Perhaps Cora's mother was a powerful magic user who put a spell on herself that allows all woman born to her have potential for great magic, being used for the first time when they need it most?.