Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6252544-20140308011339/@comment-24667994-20140315033849

The Red Queen's magic seems to be rudimentary at best--and clearly not at the same level as types such as Jafar, Regina, Pan et al. So far her abilites seem confined to telekinesis, and one instance of turning a broken stick into sword.

I would be curious to learn when and how she gained these abilities. Some have suggest that "Heart of the Matter" could be when this is revealed.

But I do take the original posters point. Uber powerful characters are hard to write when they are protagonists. A good example is Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In season seven, her witchcraft was so powerful that she was conveinently knocked out at the start of every fight--otherwise the bad guys would simply be no threat at all, generating no dramatic conflict.